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- Non-Chalcedonianism (3)
- Refusal To Condemn Athanasius (3)
- Treason (3)
- Defense Of The Three Chapters (2)
- Refusal To Subscribe To Arianism (2)
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- Council Of Milan (2)
- First Synod Of Tyre (1)
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- Synod Of The Oak In Constantinople (1)
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- Recalled (9)
- Death Of Previous Emperor (4)
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- Constantinopolis [Istanbul] (28.98, 41.01) (7)
- Alexandria [Alexandria] (29.91, 31.20) (5)
- Mediolan(I)Um [Milan] (9.19, 45.46) (2)
- Roma [Rome] (12.49, 41.89) (2)
- Sketis [Wadi El Natrun] (30.48, 30.29) (2)
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- Alexandria [Alexandria] (29.91, 31.20) (2)
- Island In Nile Delta [Island In Nile Delta] (31.12, 30.90) (2)
- Monastery In The Palace Of Hormisdas [Boukoleon Palace] (28.97, 41.00) (2)
- Aegimoeroe Islands [Zembra Island] (10.80, 37.13) (1)
- Aegyptus [Egypt] (30.00, 26.00) (1)
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- Constantinopolis [Istanbul] (28.98, 41.01) (5)
- Alexandria [Alexandria] (29.91, 31.20) (4)
- Sketis [Wadi El Natrun] (30.48, 30.29) (2)
- Amida [Diyarbakır] (40.24, 37.91) (1)
- Antiochia/theoupolis [Antakya] (36.17, 36.20) (1)
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- Arrested In His Cave At Night (2)
- He Complained He Was Not Given A Former Trial, Had Last Meeting With Bishops Faithful To Him In The Hagia Sophia. He Ordered A Mule, But Slipped Out By A Side Entrance Lest To Provoke Demonstrations. He Boarded A Vessel Alongside His Escorts (1)
- Philippus Ordered Him To A Public Bath, Showed Him The Emperor's Letter And Brought Him To A Boat (1)
- Arrested After Three Days, Following Intervention From The Crowd, Handed Himself Over To Chief Of Police, Put Aboard A Ship (1)
- He Fled From A Church While Psalms Were Chanted (Socr. He 2.11 Npnf) (1)
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- 15 Days Of Disputation In Praetorium In Alexandria In 356 (2)
- Converted Island Population, Transformed Local Temple Into A Church (2)
- Attends Council At Seleucia In 359 And Several Councils In Gaul In 360, In Paris And Places Unknown; Brings Letter (Ab Episcopis Gallicanis Ad Orientales Episcopos) To Rome In 360. (1)
- After His Return, He Ordained Many Bishops, E.g. Maris Of Doliche (1)
- Canonical Singing, Meditation On Biblical Law, Reading Scripture, Praying, Almsgiving (1)
Related people more
- Constantius Ii (7)
- Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus (6)
- Crowd In Constantinople (4)
- Iustinus Ii (4)
- Lucius Of Alexandria (4)
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Reason for death
- Confined In A Dark Place And Left Do Die (1)
- He Died Soon After His Return To Sykai Because Of The Conditions Of His Incarceration (1)
- Starvation (1)
- Unknown (1)
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- Yes (13)
- No (10)
- Isidore Of Seville Considers Him A Martyr (3)
- Controversial, There Is A A Local Feast Day. (1)
- Martyr (1)
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Person/Group Name | Exile Date | Sent From | Went To | Returned | Previous Office | Relationships | Sources |
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Aetius of Antioch
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from: 358 to: 362 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Pepouza [unknown] | yes | deacon | Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 4.8, 11-12; 5.1-2; 6.7 (GCS) Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.23 (PG 1038-9) | |
Amidan monks
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from: 521 to: 530 | Amida [Diyarbakır] | yes | other | Ioannes of Ephesus, Vitae Sanctorum Orientalium 35 (PO 18:607-23) | ||
Andreas (cubicularius) (PLRE 2, Andreas 8, 76-7)
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from: 571 to: 577 | Imperial palace of Constantinople [Palace of Constantinople] | Monastery in the palace of Hormisdas [Boukoleon Palace] | yes | n/a | Ioannes of Ephesus, historia ecclesiastica 2.9 and 38 Michael Syrus 10.7 | |
Anthimus of Constantinople
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from: 536 to: 548 | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | Monastery in the palace of Hormisdas [Boukoleon Palace] | yes | bishop | Ioannes of Ephesus, Vitae Sanctorum Orientalium 48 (PO 18, 686-7) Liber Pontificalis 59 (Duchesne) | |
Arius
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from: 319 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | n/a | presbyter | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 1.4 (NPNF) | ||
Athanasius
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from: 335 to: 337 | Tyrus [Tyre] | Col. Augusta Treverorum [Trier] | yes | bishop | Athanasius, apologia secunda 9.1-5, 71ff. Athanasius, epistula festalis 10 | |
Athanasius
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from: 339 to: 346 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | yes | bishop |
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TRE, s.v. Athanasius Athanasius, apologia ad Constantium Athanasius, apologia secunda Athanasius, indices epistularum festialium 17 (SC) Socrates, Historia ecclesiastica, 4.23 | |
Athanasius
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from: 357 to: 362 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Aegyptus [Egypt] | yes | bishop | Gregorius of Nazianzus, oratio 21.20 Athanasius, apologia ad Constantium 29.3 Athanasius, historia Arianorum 53ff. Ammianus Marcellinus 22.5.3 Historia Acephala 4.1-4 Palladius, historia Lausiaca 63 Festal Index 28, 30, 32 (SC 317: 257-61) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 5.6 | |
Bonifatius of Rome (PCBE 2, Bonifatius 3, 318-19)
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from: 419 to: 419 | Roma [Rome] | yes | bishop | collectio Avellana 16, 18 (CSEL 35.1:61-5) https://archive.org/stream/epistulaeimperat01gnth#page/60/mode/2up Liber Pontificalis 44 (Duchesne I:89-92) https://archive.org/stream/bookofpopesliber00loom#page/88/mode/2up | ||
Eusebius of Samosata
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from: 373 to: 378 | Samosata [Samsat] | Thracia [Thrace] | yes | bishop |
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Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.12-13 (NPNF); Basilius of Caesarea, epistula 181-183, 198, 237, 268; Gregorius of Nazianzus, epistula 64-66; Theophanes, AM 5871; |
Eusebius of Vercelli (PCBE 2, Eusebius 1, 692-7)
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from: 355 to: 362 | Mediolan(i)um [Milan] | Scythopolis/Nysa [Beit She'an] | yes | bishop |
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Eusebius of Vercelli, epistula 1 ad Constantium (CCSL 9:103); Eusebius of Vercelli, epistula 2 (CCSL 9:104-9); Eusebius of Vercelli, epistula 3 (CCSL 9:110); Eusebius of Vercelli, Appendix II (CCSL 9:119-23); Lucifer of Cagliari, epistula 7 (CCSL 8:319 = CCSL 9:120); Hilarius of Poitiers, textus narrativus (Liber I ad Constantium) 1.3 (CSEL 65:186-7), Hilarius of Poitiers, Fragmentum historiarum, App. VII.1 (CSEL 65:164-5); Sulpicius Severus, Chronica 2.39 (CSEL 1:92-3); Athanasius, apologia ad Constantium 27 (SC 56:118-19); Athanasius, De fuga 4 (Opitz II.1:70-71); Athanasius, historia Arianorum 33.6, 46.3, 76.3 (Opitz II.1:201, 210, 225); Faustinus et Marcellinus, Libellus precum 2.23 (CSEL 35.1:12); Gesta inter Liberium et Felicem 2 (CSEL 35.1:1); Hieronymus, chronica, ann. 355 (GCS 47:239-40); Hieronymus, de viris illustribus 96 (TU 14.1:47); Prosper of Aquitaine, epitoma chronicon (MGH auct. ant. 9, chronica minora 1:455); Rufinus , historia ecclesiastica 10.21, 28 (GCS 9.2:987-8, 991); Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.36, 3.5 (PG 67:301-2, 388); Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 4.9.3-4 , 5.12.1 (GCS 50:148, 210-11); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.15.4, 3.4.2 (GCS 19:129, 179); Epiphanius, Panarion 30.5.2 (GCS 25:339-40); CIL V 6722-3; Inscriptiones Christianae 1049-50 (Diehl); |
Eutychius of Constantinople
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from: 565 to: 577 | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | Monastery of Choracudis [n/a] | yes | bishop |
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Vita S Eutychii Patriarchae 38-71 (PG 86:2317-56) Theophanes, AM 6057 (de Boor 240) Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 566 (MGH 11:205) |
Fl. Taurus Seleucus Cyrus (PLRE 2, Cyrus 7, 336-9; PCBE 3, Kyros 2, 604-8)
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from: 443 to: 450 | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | Smyrna [Izmir] | yes | n/a | Malalas, chronica 14.16 (Dindorf, 361-2); Chronicon paschale, anno 450, p. 587-9; Joannes of Nikiu, chronica 84.47-57, p. 339-40; Theophanes, AM 5937 (de Boor, 96-7); Nicephorus Callistus, historia ecclesiastica 14.46 (PG 146:1220A-B); Patria 3.111, p. 252; Leo the Grammarian, p. 110; Zonaras 13.22.47-52 (vol. 3:106); Cedrenus 1, p. 598-9; Suidas, Th 145 (vol. 2:695), K 2776 (vol. 3:220); vita Danielis Stylitis 31-6, p. 30-34; epitomai vitae Danielis Stylitis 4, 19, p. 97, 119; Simeon Metaphrastes, vita Danielis Stylites 19 (PG 116:993D); Anthologia Palatina 1.99 (vol. 1:38-9); John Lydus, de magistratibus 3.42, p. 198; | |
Hilarius of Poitiers (PCBE 4, Hilarius 1, 989-97)
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from: 356 to: 360 | Limonum/Pictavi [Poitiers] | Phrygia [Central Anatolia] | yes | bishop | Hilarius of Poitiers, liber contra Auxentium 7 (PL 10:614); Hilarius of Poitiers, ad Constantium 2.1-2 (CSEL 65:197-8); Hilarius of Poitiers, in Constantium 2 and 12-15 (SC 334:170 and 192-8); Hilarius of Poitiers, de synodis 1-2, 8 and 63 (PL 10:479-81, 485 and 522-3); Hilarius of Poitiers, de trinitate 1-3, 4.1 and 10.4 (SC 443:202-386, SC 448:12 and SC 462:178); Hilarius of Poitiers, Fragmentum historiarum A.5-9, B.3.2, B.7.1-2, B.7.5-11 and B.8.1-2 (CSEL 65:78-97, 155-6, 164-73 and 174-7); Venantius Fortunatus, vita s. Hilarii 6 (MGH auct. ant. 4.2:3); Hieronymus, chronica, ann. 356 (Jeanjean-Lancon, 92); Hieronymus, de viris illustribus 100 (Ceresa-Gastaldo, 204); Hieronymus, altercatio Luciferiani et orthodoxi 19 (CCSL 79B:48-9); Faustinus et Marcellinus, libellus precum 24 (SC 504:130); Prosper of Aquitaine, chronica 1096 (ann. 356) (MGH auct. ant. 9:455); Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 3.14.41, 4.12.6 and 4.22 (SC 418:138, 242 and 300-312); Sulpicius Severus, chronica 2.42 and 2.45.2-3 (SC 441:322 and 330); Sulpicius Severus, vita Martini 6.7 and 7.1 (SC 133:266); Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.39-40 (SC 493:200-216); Epistula ab episcopis Gallicanis ad orientales episcopos 1-4 (CCSL 148:33-4); | |
Ioannes Chrysostomos
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from: 403 to: 403 | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | yes | bishop | sources according to J.N.D. Kelly, Golden Mouth, The story of John Chrysostom - ascetic, preacher, bishop, London 1996 | ||
Ioannes Chrysostomos
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from: 404 to: 407 | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | Kokousos [Göksun] | no | bishop |
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sources according to J.N.D. Kelly, Golden Mouth, The story of John Chrysostom - ascetic, preacher, bishop, London 1996 |
Ioannes of Ephesus
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from: 571 to: 589 | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | Imperial palace of Constantinople [Palace of Constantinople] | no | bishop | Ioannes of Ephesus, historia ecclesiastica 1.17, 2.4-7, 41, 44, 50 Michael Syrus 10.6, 18 (Chabot 2:300, 303, 349) | |
Isidorus
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from: 373 to: 380 | Sketis [Wadi El Natrun] | Island in Nile Delta [Island in Nile Delta] | yes | other |
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Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 4.24 (SC 505:100-104) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 6.20 (SC 495:334-340) |
Lucifer of Cagliari (PCBE 2, Lucifer 1, 1324-8)
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from: 355 to: 362 | Mediolan(i)um [Milan] | Germanikeia [Kahramanmaraş] | yes | bishop |
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Liberius, epistula 1-3, in: Eusebius of Vercelli, Appendix II B.1-2 (CCSL 9:122-3); Hilarius of Poitiers, Fragmentum historiarum, Appendix II A, VII; II B (CSEL 65:164-5, 187); Hilarius of Poitiers, de synodis 77 (PL 10:530); Hilarius of Poitiers, apologetica ad reprehensores libri de synodis 3 and 6 (PL 10:546-7); Florentius, epistula ad Luciferum and Lucifer of Cagliari, epistula ad Florentium (CCSL 8:305); Lucifer of Cagliari, epistula 3-4 and 6 (CCSL 8:306-10 and 316-18); Lucifer of Cagliari, epistula 7 (CCSL 8:319 = CCSL 9:120); Lucifer of Cagliari, de non conveniendo cum haereticis (CCSL 8:165-92); Lucifer of Cagliari, de Athanasio (CCSL 8:3-132); Lucifer of Cagliari, de regibus apostaticis (CCSL 8:135-61); Lucifer of Cagliari, moriundum esse pro Dei filio (CCSL 8:265-300); Rufinus, historia ecclesiastica 10.21, 28, 31 (GCS 9.2.2:987, 991, 994); Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.36, 3.5, 3.9 (PG 67:301, 388, 465); Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 3.15.7, 4.9.3-4, 5.12-13, 7.3.6 (GCS 50:126, 148, 210-12, 304); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.15.4, 3.4.2 (GCS 19:129, 179); Athanasius, apologia ad Constantium 27 (SC 56:118-19); Athanasius, De fuga 4 (Opitz II.1:70-71); Athanasius, historia Arianorum 33-34 and 46 (Opitz II.1:201-2 and 210); Athanasius, tomus ad Antiochenus 9 (PG 26:808); Gesta inter Liberium et Felicem 1, collectio Avellana 1 (CSEL 35.1:1); Faustinus et Marcellinus, Libellus precum 22-23, 63, 85, 89, 109, collectio Avellana 2 (CSEL 35.1:12, 23, 31-2, 39); Hieronymus, chronica, ann. 355 (GCS 47:239-40); Hieronymus, de viris illustribus 95 (TU 14.1:53); Prosper of Aquitaine, epitoma chronicon, ann. 354 (MGH auct. ant. 9, chronica minora 1:455); Sulpicius Severus, chronica 2.39 (CSEL 1:92); Vita Dionysii 76 (AASS Mai. VI:46, BHL 2168); Faustinus et Marcellinus, libellus precum 84, 86, 88, 109, Collectio Avellana 2 (CSEL 35.1:30-31, 39); Photius, bibliotheca 258 (483a) (Henry, 94); |
Maximus of Constantinople
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from: 373 to: 378 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Oasis Magna/Thebaidos [El-Kharga] | yes | unknown | Gregorius of Nazianzus, oratio 25.13-14 (PG 35:1216-1217) | |
Pambo
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from: 373 to: 380 | Sketis [Wadi El Natrun] | Island in Nile Delta [Island in Nile Delta] | yes | other | Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 4.24 (SC 505:100-104) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 6.20 (SC 495:334-340) Palladius, Historia Lausiaca 46.2 | |
Paulus of Constantinople
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from: 350 to: 350 | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | Thessalonica [Thessaloniki] | no | bishop | Athanasius of Alexandria, historia Arianorum 275 (1.7 NPNF) Mansi, concilia i. 1275 Photius, bibliotheca 257 (Bekker, 474-7) https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaexrec00photuoft#page/474/mode/2up | |
Sidonius Apollinaris (PLRE 2, Apollinaris 6; PCBE 4, Sidonius 1)
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from: 475 to: 476 | Augustonemetum [Clermont-Ferrand] | Liviana [Douzens] | yes | bishop | Sidonius Apollinaris, epistula 4.10, 4.17, 4.22, 7.16, 8.3, 8.9 and 9.3 | |
Silverius of Rome
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from: 537 to: 537 | Roma [Rome] | Patara [Gelemiş] | no | bishop | Liber Pontificalis I:293 (Duchesne) Liberatus, Breviarium 22 (ACO 2.5: 137) Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 542 (MGH auct. ant. 11:200) | |
Stephanus of Cyprus
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from: 565 to: 577 | Cyprus [Cyprus] | Plataea [Platees] | yes | bishop | Ioannes of Ephesus, historia ecclesiastica 1.16, 2.3 (NPNF) | |
Theodorus of Cebarsussi
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from: 555 to: 565 | Cebarsussi [unknown] | Alexandria [Alexandria] | unknown | bishop | Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 555.2, 556.2, 565? (MGH auct. ant. 11:204-5) | |
Theodosius of Jerusalem
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from: 453 to: 457 | Ierusalem [Jerusalem] | yes | bishop | Narratio de obitu Theodosii Hierosolymorum et Romani monachi (trad. E.W. Brooks, Vita virorum apud Monophysitas celeberrimorum, vol. 1, CSCO 8, 1907, 15-17) https://archive.org/stream/vitaevirorumapud00broo#page/14/mode/2up | ||
Victor of Tunnuna
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from: 544 to: 555 | Tunnuna [n/a] | Balearic islands [Balearic islands] | no | bishop |
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Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 555.2 (MGH auct. ant. 11:204) |
Victor of Tunnuna
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from: 544 to: 555 | monastery of Mandracium [n/a] | Aegimoeroe islands [Zembra Island] | no | n/a |
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Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 555.2 (MGH auct. ant. 11:204) |
Victor of Tunnuna
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from: 555 to: 570 | Aegimoeroe islands [Zembra Island] | Alexandria [Alexandria] | no | n/a | Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 555.2, 556.2, 565? (MGH auct. ant. 11:204-5) |