 The identity of Leontius has been a matter of controversy for scholars.For many years he was considered to be the same person as Leontius of Jerusalem, but now a clear identification may be made between the two.The first scholar to identify and challenge the ambiguity of the writings that come down to us under the name of "Leontius" was Friedrich Loofs in 1887, arguing for a single author of the "corpus leontianum".