 He translated two collections of homilies by John Chrysostom into Latin, including the first 25 of Chrysostom's 90 homilies on the Gospel of Matthew and seven homilies in praise of the apostle St. Paul.These translations were known to Augustine of Hippo, Pope Leo I, Cassiodorus, and Bede.A critical edition of Anianus' Letter to Orontius, which serves as the preface to his translations of Chrysostom's Homilies 1-25 on Matthew, has been published by Adolf Primmer.