Lives of Illustrious Men 123Priscillianus the bishop.

Chapter CXXI. Priscillianus, bishop of Abila, belonged to the party of Hydatius and Ithacius, and was put to death at Treves by the tyrant Maximus. He published many short writings, some of which have reached us. He is still accused by some, of being tainted with Gnosticism, that is, with the heresy of Basilides or Mark, of whom Irenaeus writes, while his defenders maintain that he was not at all of this way of thinking.