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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 30 of 30
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- Public Display Of Grief For Exiles (3)
- Unwillingness To Consent To Communion (3)
- Authorship Of Heretical Treatise (2)
- Following The Edict Of Julianus Against Athanasius (2)
- Opposing Trinity (2)
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- Fortress Derkos [N/a] (28.83, 40.97) (3)
- Oasis Magna/thebaidos [El-Kharga] (30.56, 25.44) (3)
- Phaino [Wadi Faynan] (35.49, 30.63) (3)
- Andropolis [Khirbita] (30.67, 30.75) (2)
- Aegyptus [Egypt] (30.00, 26.00) (1)
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- Alexandria [Alexandria] (29.91, 31.20) (9)
- Antiochia/theoupolis [Antakya] (36.17, 36.20) (1)
- Chareou Polis [Alexandria] (29.91, 31.20) (1)
- Constantinopolis [Istanbul] (28.98, 41.01) (1)
- Mediolan(I)Um [Milan] (9.19, 45.46) (1)
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- "and What Was Most Unreasonable In Their Conduct, They Would Not Permit Him Even A Few Hours To Have His Wounds Dressed, But Caused Him To Be Sent Off Immediately, Saying, `if This Is Done, All Men Will Be Afraid, And Henceforward Will Be On Our Side.'" (1)
- Magnus, Their Judge, Personally Attended Their Departure, Showing His Sword. The Sea Was Foaming, 'unwilling, If I May So Say, To Receive The Good Men Upon Its Surface, And So Have Part Or Lot In An Unrighteous Sentence.' (1)
- He Fled From A Church While Psalms Were Chanted (Socr. He 2.11 Npnf) (1)
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- Formulates Nicaenum (1)
- He Writes The Vita Antonii Out Of Gratefulness That He Finds Shelter In Monastic Communities, He Is Able To Supervise His Diocese (1)
- He Wrote Against Heresy (1)
- His Speeches Against The Arians Show Marcellian Influence, He Prepares Synod Of Serdica And Attends A Synod In Naissus (1)
- Wrote Treatise And Letters, Expounding His View (1)
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- Aelius Palladius (5)
- Constantius Ii (4)
- Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus (4)
- Theodora (Empress) (4)
- Flavius Valens (3)
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- Unknown (2)
- Died On His Way To Phaeno (1)
- Died On His Way To The Mines Because Of Injuries Sustained During Torture (1)
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Person/Group Name | Exile Date | Sent From | Went To | Returned | Previous Office | Relationships | Sources |
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19 presbyters and deacons from Alexandria
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from: 373 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Heliopolis [Baalbek] | unknown | presbyter | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.22.22 (SC 530:282). | |
300 of the clergy of Theodosius
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from: 536 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Fortress Derkos [n/a] | unknown | unknown | Ioannes of Ephesus, Life of Z’ura (PO 17:35) Ioannes of Ephesus, Life of John of Hephaistopolis (PO 18:528-529) | |
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) | |
Arius
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from: 325 to: 327 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Illyricum [n/a] | yes | presbyter | Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 1.8, 1.23-6 (NPNF) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 1.21, 2.16 (NPNF) | |
Arius
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from: 319 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | n/a | presbyter | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 1.4 (NPNF) | ||
Arius
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from: 333 to: 335 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | yes | unknown | Opitz, Urkunde 33/28, 34/27 See T. Barnes, 'The Exiles and Recalls of Arius', Journal of Theological Studies 60 (2009), 109-129 | ||
Astericius
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from: 362 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Andropolis [Khirbita] | unknown | presbyter | Historia acephala 3.6 (ed. Martin, Albert – SC) | |
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: 362 to: 363 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | yes | bishop | Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 3.14 | ||
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 | ||
Deacon sent by Damasus of Rome
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from: 373 to: 373 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Phaino [Wadi Faynan] | unknown | deacon | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.26 (GCS 44:258) | |
Dorotheus
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from: 509 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Oasis Magna/Thebaidos [El-Kharga] | unknown | other | Theophanes, AM 6002 (de Boor 153) | |
Eutychius (subdeacon in Alexandria)
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from: 358 to: 358 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Phaino [Wadi Faynan] | no | other | Athanasius, historia Arianorum 60 (PG 25:765) | |
Gaianus of Alexandria
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from: 536 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Carthago [Carthage] | unknown | bishop | Liberatus, Breviarium 20 (ACO 2.5:135) Historia patriarcharum Alexandrinorum 1.13 (PO 1:455-461) Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 540 (MGH AA 11:199) | |
Lucius of Alexandria
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from: 373 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | unknown | 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 | ||
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) | |
Monks of Alexandria
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from: 373 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Phaino [Wadi Faynan] | unknown | other | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.26 (GCS 44:258) | |
Other Monks of Alexandria
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from: 373 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Proconnesus [Marmara Island] | unknown | other | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.26 (GCS 44:258) | |
Paulus (Alexandrian presbyter)
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from: 362 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Andropolis [Khirbita] | unknown | presbyter | Historia acephala 3.6 (ed. Martin, Albert – SC) | |
Paulus of Alexandria
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from: 540 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Gaza [Gaza] | unknown | bishop | Liberatus, Breviarium 23 (ACO 2.5:139) | |
Petrus Mongus
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from: 477 to: 482 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Euchaita [Beyözü] | yes | bishop | Theodorus (Anagnostes) Lector, historia ecclesiastica 422-4 (GCS n.F. 3: 117); Theophanes, AM 5976 (de Boor 130); Collectio Avellana, epistula 70.4 (CSEL 35.1:156-7) https://archive.org/stream/epistulaeimperat01gnth#page/156/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; | ||
Theodosius of Alexandria
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from: 536 to: 567 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Fortress Derkos [n/a] | no | bishop | Ioannes of Ephesus, Life of Z’ura (PO 17:35) Ioannes of Ephesus, Life of John of Hephaistopolis (PO 18:528-529) Ioannes of Ephesus, Vitae Sanctorum Orientalium 48, 50 (PO 18, 685, 688; PO 19:155) Historia patriarcharum Alexandrinorum 2.13 (PO 1:457) Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 540 (MGH AA 11:199) Liberatus, Breviarium 20, 23 (ACO 2.5:135, 138) | |
Timotheus Aelurus of Alexandria
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from: 460 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Gangra [Çankırı] | unknown | bishop | Gelasius, Gesta de nomine Acacii (CSEL 35, n. 99:446); Theodorus (Anagnostes) Lector, historia ecclesiastica 380 (GCS N.F. 3:107); Zacharias, historia ecclesiastica 4.7--12, 5.1 (CSCO 83:178-86, 109-211; CSCO 87:124, 128-129, 145); Evagrius, historia ecclesiastica 2.8-11 (SC 542:294); Theophanes, AM 5951-2 (De Boor: 111-112); Michael Syrus 9.1; Collectio Avellana 56.2 (CSEL 35:125); Liberatus, Breviarium 16 (ACO 2.5:125); | |
Timotheus Aelurus of Alexandria
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from: 454 to: 457 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Taposiris [Alexandria] | yes | bishop | Iohannes Rufus, Vita Petr. Ib. 92 (edited by C. B. Horn & R. R. Phenix Jr., John Rufus: The Lives of Peter the Iberian, Theodosius of Jerusalem, and the Monk Romanus, Atlanta 2008, 5-281) | |
Timotheus Basilicus (Salophacialus)
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from: 476 to: 477 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Canopus [Aboukir] | unknown | bishop |
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Evagrius, historia ecclesiastica 3.11 (SC 542:412) Liberatus, Breviarium 16 Theophanes, AM 5967 (de Boor 121) |
two presbyters and three deacons
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from: 343 to: 345 | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Armenia [Armenia] | yes | presbyter | Athanasius, Historia Arianorum 15.4, 18.3, 21.1 (Opitz 2:190, 192, 194) | |
Virgins
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from: 358 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Oasis Magna/Thebaidos [El-Kharga] | unknown | unknown | Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.14; | |
Z'ura
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from: 536 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Fortress Derkos [n/a] | unknown | other | Ioannes of Ephesus, Life of Z’ura (PO 17:35) Ioannes of Ephesus, Life of John of Hephaistopolis (PO 18:528-529) |