Hermogenian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hermogenian \Her`mo*ge"ni*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
     A disciple of Hermogenes, an heretical teacher who lived in
     Africa near the close of the second century. He held matter
     to be the fountain of all evil, and that souls and spirits
     are formed of corrupt matter.
     [1913 Webster]