Browse Exile Cases

This browse area lists all exile cases in the database by the name of the exiled individual or group in alphabetical order. Results will display as a list of exile cases each one of which you can then explore further. You will also be able to refine the list further and display statistical information through using the facets on the left hand side.

Showing 1 to 36 of 36

Person/Group Name	Exile Date	Sent From	Went To	Returned	Previous Office	Relationships	Sources
Aetius of Antioch View Case	from: 358 to: 362	Alexandria [Alexandria]	Pepouza [unknown]	yes	deacon	Basilius of Ancyra Constantius II Acacius of Caesarea Eunomius of Cyzikus People of Amblada	Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 4.8, 11-12; 5.1-2; 6.7 (GCS) Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.23 (PG 1038-9)
Amidan monks View Case	from: 521 to: 530	Amida [Diyarbakır]		yes	other	Ioannes of Ephesus crowds from distant lands Iustinus Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus	Ioannes of Ephesus, Vitae Sanctorum Orientalium 35 (PO 18:607-23)
Anthimus of Constantinople View Case	from: 536 to: 548	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]	Monastery in the palace of Hormisdas [Boukoleon Palace]	yes	bishop	Theodora (empress) Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus Agapitus of Rome Menas of Constantinople	Ioannes of Ephesus, Vitae Sanctorum Orientalium 48 (PO 18, 686-7) Liber Pontificalis 59 (Duchesne)
Antiochus (presbyter) View Case	from: 373 to: 379		Armenia [Armenia]	yes	presbyter		Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.15.8 (SC 530:238)
Arius View Case	from: 319 to: --	Alexandria [Alexandria]		n/a	presbyter	Alexander of Alexandria Eusebius of Nicomedia	Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 1.4 (NPNF)
Athanasius View Case	from: 339 to: 346	Alexandria [Alexandria]		yes	bishop	Gregorius of Cappadocia Constantius II Flavius Iulius Constans Fortunatianus of Aquileia Osius of Cordoba Lucillus of Verona Dionysius of Elis Vicentius of Capua Flavius Eugenius Maximinus of Trier bishops in Egypt, Lybia and Alexandria Eutropia Abutherius Sperantius Ammonius Isidorus (presbyter) Asclepas of Gaza Marcellus of Ancyra Lucius of Adrianopolis Iulius of Rome Marcella servant woman Vitus Ammonius	TRE, s.v. Athanasius Athanasius, apologia ad Constantium Athanasius, apologia secunda Athanasius, indices epistularum festialium 17 (SC) Socrates, Historia ecclesiastica, 4.23
Athanasius View Case	from: 357 to: 362	Alexandria [Alexandria]	Aegyptus [Egypt]	yes	bishop	George of Cappadocia Monks in Egypt Constantius II Servatius of Tongern Clementius Valens Flavius Felicissimus Rufinus Stephanus Asterius Palladius Antiochus Euagrius Gerontius Pythiodorus Eudaimonis	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) View Case	from: 419 to: 419	Roma [Rome]		yes	bishop	Flavius Honorius Eulalius	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
Cyprianus of Thuburbo Maius (PCBE 1, Cyprianus 3-4, 257-8) View Case	from: 435 to: 443	Thuburbo Maius [Henchir-Kasbat]	Ancyra [Ankara]	unknown	bishop	Theodoretus of Cyrrhus Eusebius of Ancyra Ibas of Edessa Sophronius of Constantia / Tella	Theodoret, epistula 52, 53; Gesta collationis Carthaginiensis I, 135
Cyrillus of Jerusalem View Case	from: 357 to: 359	Ierusalem [Jerusalem]	Tarsus [Tarsus]	yes	bishop	Acacius of Caesarea Silvanus of Tarsus congregation of Tarsus Basilius of Caesarea Eustathius of Sebaste Constantius II	Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.22 Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.40 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 4.22 Michael Syrus 7.8 (Chabot 1:309)
Dorotheus of Antioch View Case	from: 380 to: 388	Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya]	Thracia [Thrace]	yes	bishop	Flavius Theodosius	Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 9.19
Eugenius of Carthage (PCBE Eugenius 2) View Case	from: 496 to: 505	Carthago [Carthage]	Albiga [Albi]	no	bishop	Thrasamund	Gregorius of Tours, historiae, 2.3. Gregorius of Tours, Glory of the Martyrs, ed. and trans. R. Van Dam (Liverpool: 2004), 57.
Eunomius of Cyzikus (PCBE 3, Eunomius 1, 295-342) View Case	from: 358 to: 360	Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya]	Midaion [Karahöyük]	n/a	deacon	Basilius of Ancyra Constantius II Maris of Chalcedon Eudoxius of Antioch Aetius of Antioch	Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 4.5, 4.8 Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.27, p. 160-61 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 4.13.5-6, p. 156 Gregory of Nyssa, contra Eunomium
Eunomius of Cyzikus (PCBE 3, Eunomius 1, 295-342) View Case	from: 370 to: 378		Island of Naxos [Naxos]	yes	unknown	Domitius Modestus	Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 9.11
Eunomius of Cyzikus (PCBE 3, Eunomius 1, 295-342) View Case	from: 389 to: 393	Chalcedon [Kadiköy]	Halmyris [Murighiol]	no	unknown	Theophronius Flavius Theodosius	Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 10.6 Hieronymus, de viris illustribus 120 (Herding 62) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 7.17 Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 5.20 (NPNF)
Eusebius of Samosata View Case	from: 373 to: 378	Samosata [Samsat]	Thracia [Thrace]	yes	bishop	Flavius Valens Lucius of Alexandria Imperial messenger Slave of Eusebius of Samosata friends of Eusebius of Samosata Eunomius of Samosata Basilius of Caesarea Otreius of Melitene Paulus the deacon or presbyter Gregorius of Nazianzus Eupraxius Leontius Sophronius Mare of Doliche Domnica Eudoxius of Antioch	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;
Fl. Taurus Seleucus Cyrus (PLRE 2, Cyrus 7, 336-9; PCBE 3, Kyros 2, 604-8) View Case	from: 443 to: 450	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]	Smyrna [Izmir]	yes	n/a	Theodosius II Chrysaphius congregation in Kotiaeion	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;
Florentius (PCBE 1, Florentius 8, 475) View Case	from: 440 to: 449	North Africa [North Africa]	Cyrrus [Khoros]	no	bishop	Theodoretus of Cyrrhus Eusebius of Ancyra	Theodoret, epistula 22 (21)
Heracleides of Ephesus View Case	from: 404 to: 408	Ephesus [Selçuk]	Nicomedia [İzmit]	yes	bishop	Flavius Arcadius	Palladius, Vita Joannis Chrysostomi 20 (SC 341:396-402)
Hilarius of Poitiers (PCBE 4, Hilarius 1, 989-97) View Case	from: 356 to: 360	Limonum/Pictavi [Poitiers]	Phrygia [Central Anatolia]	yes	bishop	Liberius of Rome Rhodanius of Toulouse Valens of Mursa Ursacius of Singidunum Constantius II Bishops of Gaul Priests in Poitiers Abra of Poitiers 160 Eastern bishops Ten Nicaean and ten 'heretical' bishops Saturninus of Arles Martinus of Tours	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 (abbot) View Case	from: 450 to: --		Syria [Syria]	unknown	abbot	Marcianus (emperor) Pastor (abbot)	Vitae patrum 5.18.16-18 (PL 73:983-4) https://books.google.de/books?id=dfUQAAAAYAAJ&hl=de&pg=RA4-PA986#v=onepage&q&f=false
Irenaeus (PLRE 2, Irenaeus 2, 624-5) View Case	from: 435 to: 445	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]	Petra [Petra]	yes	n/a	Theodosius II Photius Flavius Anthemius Isidorus	ACO I.4:203 nos. 277-8
Isidorus View Case	from: 373 to: 380	Sketis [Wadi El Natrun]	Island in Nile Delta [Island in Nile Delta]	yes	other	Lucius of Alexandria Lucius of Alexandria daughter of pagan priest in Egyptian island Pagan priest in Egyptian island Pagans in Egyptian island Melania the Elder Pambo Heraclides other disciples of Antony Psenosiris Adelphius of Onouphis Paphnutius Pambo Ammonius Parotes 11 bishops of Egypt 11 bishops of Egypt	Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 4.24 (SC 505:100-104) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 6.20 (SC 495:334-340)
Martinus of Tours (PCBE 4, Martinus 1, 1267-79) View Case	from: 356 to: 360	Mediolan(i)um [Milan]		yes	abbot	Auxentius of Milan presbyter of Martin Hilarius of Poitiers	Sulpicius Severus, Vita Martini 6.4
Maximus of Constantinople View Case	from: 373 to: 378	Alexandria [Alexandria]	Oasis Magna/Thebaidos [El-Kharga]	yes	unknown	Lucius of Alexandria	Gregorius of Nazianzus, oratio 25.13-14 (PG 35:1216-1217)
Nestorius View Case	from: 431 to: 450	Ephesus [Selçuk]	Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya]	no	bishop	Aelia Pulcheria Escorts of Nestorius Companions of Nestorius Maximianus of Constantinople Flavius Anthemius Isidorus Valentinianus III Leontius Dorotheus of Marcianopolis Theodoretus of Cyrrhus Photius Irenaeus Iohannes of Antioch Dalmatius of Constantinople Shenoute aristocrat from Alexandria sent by the comes Messenger Ioannes Marcianus (emperor) Chamberlain accompanying Nestorius Orthodox bishops Theodosius II Dorotheus of Marcianopolis	Evagrius, historia ecclesiastica 1.7; ACO 1.1.3, 110 (Schwartz, 67); 1.4, 166-7, 189-90; Codex Theodosianus 16.5.66; Barhadbessaba Arbaia (Nau, PO 9/5, 1913:493-677) 27-30; Elias' letter to Cosmas (Nau, PO 13/2, 1916:273-86); Chronicle of Seert (Sher, PO 5/2, 1950:221-344); Iohannes Rufus, Plerophories (Nau, PO 8, 1911:405-608); Michael Syrus (Chabot, vol. 2); Severus of Hermopolis, historia Patriarcharum Alexandrinorum (Evetts, PO 1/4, 1948, 383-518); John Moschus, Pratum Spirituale (ed. Th. Nissen, "Unbekannte Erzählungen aus dem Pratum Spirituale", Byzantinische Zeitschrift 38, 1938, 351-376); Historia Ecclesiastica Coptica (ed. D.W. Johnson, "Further Fragments of a Coptic Church History of the Church: Cambridge Or. 1699 R.", Enchoria 6, 1976, 7-17);
Pambo View Case	from: 373 to: 380	Sketis [Wadi El Natrun]	Island in Nile Delta [Island in Nile Delta]	yes	other	Lucius of Alexandria daughter of pagan priest in Egyptian island Pagan priest in Egyptian island Pagans in Egyptian island Melania the Elder Heraclides other disciples of Antony Ammonius Parotes 11 bishops of Egypt	Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 4.24 (SC 505:100-104) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 6.20 (SC 495:334-340) Palladius, Historia Lausiaca 46.2
Psenosiris View Case	from: 358 to: --	Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia]	Ammonia [Marsa Matruh]	unknown	bishop	Sebastianus Nilammon Plenius Melania the Elder Adelphius of Onouphis Paphnutius Pambo Ammonius Parotes	Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780); Athanasius, de fuga 7 (PG 25:653); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.14 (SC 501:394); Palladius, Historia Lausiaca 46.2
Rusticus View Case	from: 553 to: --	Roma [Rome]	Antinoopolis [El Sheikh Ibada]	unknown	deacon	Felix Associates of Rusticus and Felix	Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 553.1 (MGH auct. ant. 11:203) Rusticus, contra Acephalos disputatio pr. (PL 67:1170B) ACO 2.3.3, XII-XXIII
Severus of Antioch View Case	from: 518 to: 538	Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya]		no	bishop	Iustinus Iulianus of Halicarnassus Anthimus of Constantinople Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus Theodora (empress) Iustinus Irenaeus Flavius Vitalianus Paulus I of Antioch Theodosius of Alexandria Isaac the Scholastic Philippus the presbyter Cassian Constantine Antoninus Theodore Proclus Didymus Iulianus Misael Photius Andreas 'the orthodox in Emesa' Ammianus Epagathus Misael Caesaria Iohannes Canopites 'the believers in Antioch' Andreas the reader and notary Caesaria Simeon the orthodox clergymen and laymen in Antioch Isaac Eustace Marion of Shura Proclus Eusebuna Iohannes (a bishop) Philoxenus Thomas Sergius of Cyrrus Isidora Iohannes of Bostra Andreas the reader and notary Thecla the Countess Caesaria Georgia Jonathan Samuel the orthodox assembled in the church of the city of Anbar Iohannes the presbyter (3?) the orthodox assembled in the church of Hirtha dNu'man Victor the presbyter Elisha the prebyter and archimandrite 'the monks of the east' Philippus the presbyter and monk Caesaria Caesaria Caesaria Caesaria Caesaria Caesaria Caesaria Caesaria Caesaria Caesaria Caesaria Caesaria Caesaria Caesaria Andreas the Holy Convents of Virgins of Christ Anastasia the Deaconess Probus Constantinus of Laodicea Thomas of Germanicia Sergius Sergius of Cyrrus Ammonius the Scholastic of Bostra Georgia Daughter of Georgia Eugenia Heracliana Mithraeus Scholasticus Iohannes the presbyter (1) Iohannes the presbyter (2)	Ioannes of Ephesus, Vitae Sanctorum Orientalium 48 (PO 18, 686-8) Theophanes, AM 6011 Euagrius, historia ecclesiastica 4.4, 4.11 Ioannes Malalas, chronica 17.6 (Dindorf, 411) Novellae Iustinani 42 http://www.uwyo.edu/lawlib/blume-justinian/ajc-edition-2/novels/41-60/novel%2042_replacement.pdf Life of Severus of Antioch (tr. S.P. Brock, and B. Fitzgerald, B., Two Early Lives of Severos, Patriarch of Antioch [Translated Texts for Historians 59]; Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2013) Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50) Severus of Antioch, epistula 36 (PO 12.2:291-2)
Sidonius Apollinaris (PLRE 2, Apollinaris 6; PCBE 4, Sidonius 1) View Case	from: 475 to: 476	Augustonemetum [Clermont-Ferrand]	Liviana [Douzens]	yes	bishop	Leo Victorinus comes of Auvergne	Sidonius Apollinaris, epistula 4.10, 4.17, 4.22, 7.16, 8.3, 8.9 and 9.3
Susanna View Case	from: 519 to: 534	Palaestina [Palestine]		unknown	other	Five nuns from Susan's convent Villagers from Mendis Maro, Samuel and his sister Ioannes of Ephesus Iustinus The ill and infirm Holy man in the desert	Ioannes of Ephesus, Vitae Sanctorum Orientalium 27 (PO 18:541-58)
Tiberianus (PLRE 1, Tiberianus 2, 911) View Case	from: 385 to: --	Spain or Gaul [Spain or Gaul]	Island of Sylinancis [Isles of Scilly]	yes	n/a	Magnus Maximus Instantius	Sulpicius Severus, chronica 2.51.2 (SC 441:344) Hieronymus, de viris illustribus 123
Victor (PCBE 1, Victor 71, 1178) View Case	from: 502 to: --	Gauuari [unknown]	Carthago [Carthage]	unknown	other	Thrasamund	Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae, ed. C. Halm, Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae, MGH, AA, III.I (Berlin, 1879), pp.63-71, Byzacenae 100. Vita Fulgentii, trans. R.B. Eno, Fulgentius: Selected Works (Washington, D.C.: 1997), p.30., chapter 13.
Victor (PCBE 1, Victor 77, 1179) View Case	from: 502 to: --	Nara [Bir-el-Bey]	Carthago [Carthage]	unknown	other	Thrasamund	Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae, ed. C. Halm, Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae, MGH, AA, III.I (Berlin, 1879), pp.63-71, Byzacenae 11. Vita Fulgentii, trans. R.B. Eno, Fulgentius: Selected Works (Washington, D.C.: 1997), p.30., chapter 13.
Victor (PCBE 1, Victor 85, 1181) View Case	from: 502 to: --	Vita [unknown]	Carthago [Carthage]	unknown	other	Thrasamund	Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae, ed. C. Halm, Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae, MGH, AA, III.I (Berlin, 1879), pp.63-71, Byzacenae 44. Vita Fulgentii, trans. R.B. Eno, Fulgentius: Selected Works (Washington, D.C.: 1997), p.30., chapter 13.

Browse

Browse Exile Cases

Refine Results

Gender

Only threatend with exile

Refuge from judicial proceedings

Exile as a result of asylum

Offences more

Legal type of exile

Additional punishment more

Deposed by synod?

Returned by synod?

Synod of deposition or return more

Returned?

Reason for return more

Intended duration more

Actual duration more

Location of departure more

Location of destination

Location of arrival more

Type of location of arrival more

Location of return more

Religious status before exile

Religious status after exile

Office before exile more

Office during exile more

Office after exile

Enforced rank change?

Religious affiliation before exile more

Religious affiliation during exile more

Religious affiliation after exile

Circumstances of leaving more

Reason for leaving place of exile

Writings in exile?

Activities related to doctrine more

Related people more

Death in exile?

Reason for death

Venerated? more

Exile start date (most numerous first) more

Exile end date (most numerous first) more