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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 55 of 55
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- 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)
- Left On His Own, Accompanied Only By A Slave, Embarked On A Boat And Told The Oarsmen To Row To Zeugma (1)
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- He Had Access To Council Acts (1)
- He Refuted The Arian Creed In His Writings. (1)
- Silvanus Allowed Cyril To Take Part In The Church Ministration, Despite The Warnings Of Acacius. Cyril Also Attended A Council In Seleucia. (1)
- After His Return, He Ordained Many Bishops, E.g. Maris Of Doliche (1)
- Gives Speech In Which He Attacks Theophilus While The Crowd Prevents His Arrest. At His Return He Give Another Sermon In Which He Praises Eudoxia. (1)
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- Allegedly Died After Falling From A Horse, But According To John Moschus His Intestines Exploded While Sitting On A Toilet (1)
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- He Died Soon After His Return To Sykai Because Of The Conditions Of His Incarceration (1)
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Person/Group Name | Exile Date | Sent From | Went To | Returned | Previous Office | Relationships | Sources |
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11 bishops of Egypt
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from: 373 to: -- | Egypt [Egypt] | Sepphoris/Diocaesarea [n/a] | unknown | bishop | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.22.35 (SC 530:288) Palladius, Historia Lausiaca 46.2 | |
Anastasius of Antioch
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from: 570 to: 593 | Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] | yes | bishop | Theophanes, AM 6062, 6087 (de Boor, 243, 272) Gregorius Magnus, epistula 1.7, 25, 26, 28; 5.39; 7,27, 33; 8.2 (CCSL 140) | ||
Asclepas of Gaza
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from: 337 to: 344 | Gaza [Gaza] | yes | bishop | Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.15 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 3.8 Athanasius, historia Arianorum 5.2 Athanasius, de fuga 3.3 | ||
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 | |
Athanasius
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from: 365 to: 366 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | yes | bishop | Historia Athanasii 16-17 Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 4.13 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 6.12 | ||
Barses of Edessa
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from: 373 to: -- | Edessa [Şanlıurfa] | Arados [Arwad] | unknown | bishop | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.16 (SC 530: 240-2) Basilius of Caesarea, epistula 264 Michael Syrus 7.8 (Chabot 1:309) | |
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 | ||
Conon of Tarsus
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from: 571 to: 571 | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | Nova Laura of St Sabas [n/a] | yes | bishop | Ioannes of Ephesus, historia ecclesiastica 1.31 | |
Cyprianus of Thuburbo Maius (PCBE 1, Cyprianus 3-4, 257-8)
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from: 435 to: 443 | Thuburbo Maius [Henchir-Kasbat] | Ancyra [Ankara] | unknown | bishop | Theodoret, epistula 52, 53; Gesta collationis Carthaginiensis I, 135 | |
Cyriacus of Emesa
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from: 404 to: -- | Emesa [Homs] | Palmyra [Tadmur] | unknown | bishop | Palladius, Vita Joannis Chrysostomi 20 (SC 341:396-402) | |
Cyrillus of Jerusalem
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from: 357 to: 359 | Ierusalem [Jerusalem] | Tarsus [Tarsus] | yes | bishop | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.22 Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.40 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 4.22 Michael Syrus 7.8 (Chabot 1:309) | |
Cyrillus of Jerusalem
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from: 360 to: 361 | Ierusalem [Jerusalem] | yes | bishop | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.22-3 Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.42, 3.1 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 4.25, 5.4 | ||
Demophilus of Constantinople
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from: 380 to: -- | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | Beroe [Stara Zagora] | n/a | bishop | Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 9.19 Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 5.10 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 7.5, 7.12 (NPNF) | |
Dioscorus of Alexandria
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from: 451 to: 454 | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | Gangra [Çankırı] | no | bishop | Priscus frg. 28 Evagrius, historia ecclesiastica 2.5 (SC 542:256) Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 453 (MGH AA 11.2: 185) Liberatus, Breviarium 14 (ACO 2.5: 123) Theophanes AM 5944-5 (De Boor: 105-108) Zacharias, historia ecclesiastica 3.2 (CSCO 83:154-5, 87:106). | |
Eliseus of Sardis
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from: 571 to: -- | Sardis [Sart] | Monastery of Dios [n/a] | unknown | bishop | Ioannes of Ephesus, historia ecclesiastica 1.15 Michael Syrus 10.4/5 (Chabot 2:297) | |
Eulalius (PCBE 2, Eulalius 2, 680-81)
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from: 419 to: 419 | Roma [Rome] | yes | bishop | collectio Avellana 20-29 (CSEL 35.1:61-5) https://archive.org/stream/epistulaeimperat01gnth#page/66/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; |
Florentius (PCBE 1, Florentius 8, 475)
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from: 440 to: 449 | North Africa [North Africa] | Cyrrus [Khoros] | no | bishop | Theodoret, epistula 22 (21) | |
Heracleides of Ephesus
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from: 404 to: 408 | Ephesus [Selçuk] | Nicomedia [İzmit] | yes | bishop | Palladius, Vita Joannis Chrysostomi 20 (SC 341:396-402) | |
Horontius (PCBE 1, Horontius, 575)
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from: 508 to: 523 | Byzacena [Tunisia] | Sardinia [Sardinia] | yes | bishop |
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Fulgentius, epistula 16 Fulgentius, epistula 17 |
Ibas of Edessa
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from: 449 to: 451 | Edessa [Şanlıurfa] | 20 different prisons, including one in Antioch [n/a] | yes | bishop | ACO 2.1:376, 2.5:117; Sacrosancta Concilia (Labbe) 4:634, 891, 917; Chronica Edessena LXVIII; Barhadbessaba Arbaia (Nau, PO 9, Fasc. 5); Acta Synodis Ephesinae IIB (Akten der ephesinischen Synode vom Jahre 449) , ed. J. Flemming, Berlin 1917, p. 21-69 | |
Illustris (PCBE 1, Illustris, 599)
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from: 508 to: 523 | Byzacena [Tunisia] | Sardinia [Sardinia] | yes | bishop |
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Vita Fulgentii, trans. R.B. Eno, Fulgentius: Selected Works (Washington, D.C.: 1997), chapter 17. |
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) | |
Ioannes of Harran
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from: 518 to: -- | Carrhae [Altınbaşak] | unknown | bishop | Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 51) | ||
Iohannes of Tella
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from: 521 to: 538 | Tella [Viranşehir] | no | bishop | V.-L. Menze, “The Regula ad Diaconos: John of Tella, his Eucharistic Ecclesiology and the Establishment of an Ecclesiastical Hierarchy in Exile,” Oriens Christianus 90 (2006), 44-90 Severus, Select Letters 5.14 (Brooks, 1902-4, 389-94) Ioannes of Ephesus, Vitae Sanctorum Orientalium 18 (PO 18:513-26) Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 51) | ||
Isidorus of Hermopolis
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from: 373 to: -- | Hermopolis [El-Ashmunein] | Sepphoris/Diocaesarea [n/a] | unknown | bishop |
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Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.22.35 (SC 530:288) Palladius, Historia Lausiaca 46.2 |
Isidorus of Kenneshrin
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from: 536 to: 536 | Chalcis ad Belum [Qinnasrin] | Alexandria [Alexandria] | no | bishop | Ioannes of Ephesus, Vita sanctorum orientalium 13 (PO 82:189) Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, chronicon 3.32 (transl. Witakowski, 31-32) Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50) | |
Iulianus of Halicarnassus
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from: 518 to: -- | Halicarnassus [Bodrum] | Alexandria [Alexandria] | unknown | bishop | Theophanes, AM 6011 Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 51) | |
Marcellus (PCBE 4, Marcellus 4, 1241-1243)
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from: 476 to: 478 | Col. Dea Vocontiorum [Die] | Col. Arelate [Arles] | yes | bishop | Vita Marcelli; F. Dolbeau, ‘La vie en prose de saint Marcel évêque de Die. Histoire du texte et édition critique’, Francia 11 (1983) pp.97-130 | |
Marcellus of Ancyra
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from: 336 to: 344 | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | yes | bishop | Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 1.36, 2.15, 29 (NPNF) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 2.33, 3.8, 24 (NPNF) Athanasius, de fuga 3.3 | ||
Mare of Amida
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from: 521 to: 529 | Amida [Diyarbakır] | Petra [Petra] | unknown | bishop | Ioannes of Ephesus, Vita sanctorum orientalium 13 (PO 17:188-195) Zacharias, historia ecclesiastica 8.5 (CSCO 84:77-82, 88:52-57) Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518, 525-526 (Harrak, 50, 60) (= Pseudo-Dionysius of Tel-Mahre, chronicon 3.32 (transl. Witakowski, 31-32) | |
Nestorius
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from: 431 to: 450 | Ephesus [Selçuk] | Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] | no | bishop |
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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); |
Nonnus of Seleucia
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from: 518 to: -- | Seleukeia Pieria [Çevlik] | Amida [Diyarbakır] | unknown | bishop | Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50) | |
Palladius of Helenopolis
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from: 404 to: -- | Helenopolis [Hersek] | Syene [Aswan] | unknown | bishop |
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Palladius, Vita Joannis Chrysostomi 20 (SC 341:396-402) |
Paulus of Constantinople
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from: 339 to: 341 | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | yes | bishop | Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.6-7, 12 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 3.3-4 Athanasius, 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 | ||
Paulus of Constantinople
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from: 342 to: 344 | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | yes | bishop | Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.13 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 3.7 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 | ||
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 | |
Petrus of Alexandria
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from: 373 to: 373 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | yes | bishop | Severus of Hermopolis, historia Patriarcharum Alexandrinorum 2.9 (translated by Evetts) http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/severus_hermopolis_hist_alex_patr_02_part2.htm#PETER_II Hieronymus, epistula 127.5; Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.21-22; Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 6.19.6; Gregorius of Nazianzus, oratio 25.12, 33.3, 43.46; | ||
Petrus of Apamea
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from: 519 to: 544 | Apamea [Qalaat al-Madiq] | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | no | bishop | Theophanes, AM 6011 (De Boor 165) ACO I.3:100, 264 Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50) | |
Quodvultdeus of Carthage (PCBE 1, Quodvultdeus 5, 947-949)
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from: 439 to: 454 | Carthago [Carthage] | Neapolis [Naples] | no | bishop | Victor of Vita, historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae 1.15 (MGH auct. ant. 3.1:5) | |
Rhodon of Asia
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from: 404 to: -- | Asia [Anatolia] | Mytilene [Mytilene] | unknown | bishop |
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Palladius, Vita Joannis Chrysostomi 20 (SC 341:396-402) |
Severus of Antioch
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from: 518 to: 538 | Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] | no | bishop |
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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) | |
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) | |
Theodoretus of Cyrrhus
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from: 444 to: 450 | Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] | Cyrus [Duruca] | n/a | bishop | Theodoret, epistula 79-83, 138 | |
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 | ||
Theophilus
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from: 358 to: -- | Nicomedia [İzmit] | Heraclea in Pontus [Karadeniz Ereğli] | unknown | bishop | Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 4.8 (PG 65:521) | |
Theosebius of Ephesus
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from: 518 to: 518 | Ephesus [Selçuk] | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | no | bishop | Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 51) | |
Thomas of Damascus
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from: 518 to: -- | Damascus [Damascus] | unknown | bishop | Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50) | ||
Thomas of Germanicia
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from: 518 to: -- | Germanikeia [Kahramanmaraş] | unknown | bishop | Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50-51) | ||
Victorianus (PCBE 1, Victorianus 12, 1192)
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from: 508 to: 523 | Quaestoriana [unknown] | Sardinia [Sardinia] | yes | bishop |
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Fulgentius, epistula 17 C. Halm, Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae, MGH, AA, III.I (Berlin, 1879), pp.63-71, Byzacenae 87. |
Vindicianus (PCBE 1, Vindicianus 1, 1217)
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from: 508 to: 523 | Marazanae [unknown] | Sardinia [Sardinia] | yes | bishop |
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Fulgentius, epistula 17; Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae, ed. C. Halm, Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae, MGH, AA, III.I (Berlin, 1879), pp.63-71, Byzacenae 49. |