Philastrius

Bishop of Brescia known for his catalogue of heresies. Held the erroneous view that stars move freely in the sky like birds.

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

• Verse 14: Let There Be Lights in the Firmament — Cited for the erroneous view that stars move in the sky like birds in air

  "Likewise Philastrius errs when he says: It is a heresy to assert that the stars are fixed in the sky"