104. He came from the coast of the Euxine, and exercised a
splendid office,****. His actions justify his character,
which Zosimus (1. v. [c. 32] p. 340) exposes with visible
satisfaction. Augustin revered the piety of Olympius, whom
he styles a true son of the church (Baronius, Annal. Eccles.
A.D. 408 No. 19, etc.; Tillemont, Mem. Eccles. tbm. xiii. p.
467, 468). But these praises, which the African saint so
unworthily bestows, might proceed as well from ignorance as
from adulation.