a presbyter of Alexandria, who was indignant at the favour shown to Arius, and withdrew from the communion of the patriarch about the commencement of the fourth century. He afterwards promulgated heretical opinions, teaching that God did not create the wicked nor anything that is evil. He was condemned by a council held at Alexandria, A.D. 330. His followers were called Colluthians.

COLLYRIDIANs, a name given by Epiphanius to a sect of Arab women in the fourth century, who, at the instigation of Thracian immigrants, instituted an annual festival, at which they offered cakes (κολλυρίδες) to the Virgin Mary.