The Gaza Triad refers collectively to Aeneas of Gaza

Aeneas of Gaza

Aeneas of Gaza was a Neo-Platonic philosopher, a convert to Christianity, who flourished towards the end of the fifth century. In a dialogue entitled Theophrastus he alludes to Hierocles of Alexandria as his teacher, and in some of his letters mentions as his contemporaries writers whom we know to...

, Procopius of Gaza

Procopius of Gaza

Procopius of Gaza was a Christian sophist and rhetorician, one of the most important representatives of the famous school of his native place...

 and Zacharias Scholasticus. The three were sixth century Christian theologians from Gaza

Gaza

Gaza , also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of about 450,000, making it the largest city in the Palestinian territories.Inhabited since at least the 15th century BC,...

. Aeneas (died circa 518) was a Christian neo-platonist who defended the Christian doctrine of the resurrection against pagan attacks. Procopius (465-528) wrote biblical commentaries in catena

Catena

The word catena has various meanings:*The Latin word for "chain"*Catena *Catenary, a type of curve in mathematics*A chain of similarly sized impact craters, in planetary geology...

form. Zacharius (died circa 540) was a philosopher and early church historian.

Further reading

• Downey, R. (1963). Gaza in the Sixth Century. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.

External links

• Asceticism and Christological Controversy in Fifth Century Palestine by Cornelia B. Horn.