Anatolius

To illustrate the erudition of Anatolius, founder of a school of Aristotelian philosophy in his native Alexandria who was appointed bishop-coadjutor of Caesarea Maritima and later bishop of Laodicea (d. ca. 282), Eusebius cites an excerpt from his work On the Passover (H.E. 7.32.14-19). With its emphasis on determining the proper time for the observance of Passover, the excerpt may suggest that Anatolius supported the Quartodeciman position that Easter should coincide with the Jewish Passover, and thus be celebrated on whatever day of the week the 14th of Nisan occurred, instead of the following Sunday, which became the more common practice.

Carl R. Holladay, Fragments from Hellenistic Jewish Authors, vol. 3, Aristobulus (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1995), 198.