{Ptolemy} (160 A.D.) A student of Valentinus. He admitted there was a psychic nature to the body. See his "Letter to Flora", ("The Other Bible", Barnstone, Harper, 1984, p. 621.) (Hoeller, p. 90.)He was the most important of Valentinus" early disciples at Rome. He was the one who developed Valentinus" ideas into a consistent theological system. Ptolemy may be identical with the martyr of the same name. After Ptolemy converted a wealthy Roman woman to Christianity, her husband denounced him to the authorities. He was imprisoned about 160 AD and eventually executed. A description of his systematic theology is preserved by Irenaeus. http://essenes.net/valen10.html