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- Non-Chalcedonianism (5)
- Refusal To Subscribe To Arianism (4)
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- Condemnation Of Anthimus (1)
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- Carthago [Carthage] (10.32, 36.85) (6)
- Alexandria [Alexandria] (29.91, 31.20) (5)
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- Island In Nile Delta [Island In Nile Delta] (31.12, 30.90) (4)
- Antinoopolis [El Sheikh Ibada] (30.88, 27.81) (2)
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- Alexandria [Alexandria] (29.91, 31.20) (4)
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- Roma [Rome] (12.49, 41.89) (3)
- Antiochia/theoupolis [Antakya] (36.17, 36.20) (2)
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- Arrested In His Cave At Night (4)
- 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)
- He Fled From A Church While Psalms Were Chanted (Socr. He 2.11 Npnf) (1)
- Maximam Turbam Clericorum Navibus Fractis Inpositam Nudos Atque Expoliatos - Put Naked On Dangerous Ships Along With A Crowd Of Clergy And Despoiled (1)
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- Converted Island Population, Transformed Local Temple Into A Church (4)
- 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)
- He Founds A Vineyard In The Mountains With Which To Feed The Poor And Help His Monastery For 25 Years (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)
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- Flavius Valens (8)
- Constantius Ii (7)
- Ioannes Of Ephesus (5)
- Lucius Of Alexandria (5)
- Heraclides (4)
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- Confined In A Dark Place And Left Do Die (1)
- Execution (1)
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- The Magistrates Changes His Mind And Decides To Have Him Executed On The Journey (1)
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Person/Group Name | Exile Date | Sent From | Went To | Returned | Previous Office | Relationships | Sources |
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Addai the Chorepiscopus
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from: 525 to: 555 | unknown [unknown] | unknown | other | Ioannes of Ephesus, Vita sanctorum orientalium 8 (PO 17:124-35) | ||
Agapitus of Rome (PCBE 2, Agapitus 11, 45-6)
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from: 536 to: -- | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | n/a | bishop | Liber Pontificalis 59 (Duchesne) | ||
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) | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
Bretannio of Tomi
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from: 376 to: 376 | Tomis [Dobruja] | yes | bishop | Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 6.21 (NPNF) | ||
Caesarius of Arles (PCBE 4, Caesarius 1, 386-410)
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from: 505 to: 505 | Col. Arelate [Arles] | Burdigala [Bourdeaux] | yes | bishop | Vita Caesarii 1.21 Caesarius, epistula 4 | |
Columbanus (PCBE 4, Columbanus 1, 497-508)
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Unknown | Augustodunum [Autun] | Aballo [Avallon] | n/a | abbot | John of Bobbio, Vita Columbani, 22; Fredegar, Chronicon - The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar: with its Continuations, ed. J.M. Wallace-Hadrill (London: 1960), 4.36; Columbanus, Epistle 4. | |
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: 366 to: 378 | Ierusalem [Jerusalem] | yes | bishop | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 5.2 Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 5.2 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 6.12, 7.1 | ||
Eugenius of Carthage (PCBE Eugenius 2)
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from: 484 to: 487 | Carthago [Carthage] | Turris Tamalleni [Telmine] | yes | bishop | Victor of Vita, historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae 3.34, 42-44 (CSEL 7:89). Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae, ed. C. Halm, Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae, MGH, AA, III.I (Berlin, 1879), pp.63-71, 1. Gennadius, De Viris Illustribus, 97. Victor of Tunnuna, chronica, a.479. Laterculus regum Vandalorum et Alanorum, ed. T. Mommsen, MGH ASA 13, Chronica Minora 3 (Berlin: 1898), pp.456-60, Augiensis 5:8. | |
Eugenius of Carthage (PCBE Eugenius 2)
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from: 496 to: 505 | Carthago [Carthage] | Albiga [Albi] | no | bishop | Gregorius of Tours, historiae, 2.3. Gregorius of Tours, Glory of the Martyrs, ed. and trans. R. Van Dam (Liverpool: 2004), 57. | |
Eulogius
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from: 373 to: 379 | Edessa [Şanlıurfa] | Antinoopolis [El Sheikh Ibada] | yes | presbyter | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.18 (SC 530:248) | |
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) |
Fulgentius (PCBE 1, Fulgentius 1, 507-13)
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from: 518 to: 523 | Carthago [Carthage] | Sardinia [Sardinia] | yes | bishop | Vita Fulgentii 18-28, trans. R.B. Eno, Fulgentius: Selected Works (Washington, D.C.: 1997) | |
Gaudiosus of Naples (PCBE 1, Gaudiosus 4, 528)
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from: 440 to: 455 | Abitina/Abitinae [Chouhoud el-Batin] | Neapolis [Naples] | no | bishop | Petrus Subdiaconus, vita Sancti Agnelli confessoris, prologus | |
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: 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 |
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) | ||
Iohannes the Nazarite and 30 monks
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from: 500 to: -- | Zuqnin Monastery [Diyarbakır] | unknown [unknown] | unknown | abbot | Ioannes of Ephesus, Vita sanctorum orientalium 3 (PO 17:36-55) | |
Isaac (Donatist)
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from: 347 to: 347 | Carthago [Carthage] | no | unknown | The Passion of Maximian and Isaac 3, 12 (in M. Tilley, Donatist Martyr Stories, 1996) | ||
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) |
Iulius of Rome
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from: 339 to: 340 | Roma [Rome] | yes | bishop | Liber Pontificalis 36 (Duchesne I:205) https://archive.org/stream/duchesne01/duchesne1#page/n495/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/bookofpopesliber00loom#page/72/mode/2up | ||
Lucius of Adrianopolis
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from: 343 to: 344 | Hadrianopolis [Tadmur] | yes | bishop | Athanasius, historia Arianorum 19.1 Athanasius, de fuga 3.3 Athanasius, apologia secunda 43.2 Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.15, 23 (NPNF) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 3.8, 24 (NPNF) | ||
Macarius of Alexandria
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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) Michael Syrus 7.7 (Chabot 1:305) | |
Macarius of Egypt
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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) Michael Syrus 7.7 (Chabot 1:305) | |
Mar Aba I
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from: 544 to: 551 | Ctesiphon [Al-Mada'in] | Adurbadagan [Iranian Azerbaijan] | yes | bishop | J.B. Chabot (ed.), Synodicon orientale ou recueil de synodes nestoriens (Paris: 1902), p. 318-19, 353 https://archive.org/stream/ChabotSynodiconOrientale/chabot%20synodicon%20orientale#page/n375/mode/2up P. Bedjan (ed.), Histoire de Mar Jabalaha et des trois autre patriarches (Paris: 1895), p. 206-274 https://archive.org/stream/HistoireDeMarJabAlaha/Histoire_de_Mar_Jab_alaha#page/n239/mode/2up | |
Martinus of Tours (PCBE 4, Martinus 1, 1267-79)
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from: 356 to: 360 | Mediolan(i)um [Milan] | yes | abbot | Sulpicius Severus, Vita Martini 6.4 | ||
Maximianus (Donatist)
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from: 347 to: 347 | Carthago [Carthage] | no | unknown | The Passion of Maximian and Isaac 3, 12 (in M. Tilley, Donatist Martyr Stories, 1996) | ||
Meletius of Antioch
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from: 361 to: 362 | Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] | yes | bishop | Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.44, 3.9 (NPNF) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 4.28 (NPNF) | ||
Meletius of Antioch
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from: 371 to: 378 | Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] | Armenia [Armenia] | yes | bishop | Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 5.5 (NPNF) Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.12-13 (NPNF) | |
Meletius of Antioch
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from: 365 to: 371 | Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] | yes | bishop | Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 4.28, 6.31 (NPNF) | ||
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: 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; | ||
Protogenes
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from: 373 to: 379 | Edessa [Şanlıurfa] | Antinoopolis [El Sheikh Ibada] | yes | presbyter | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.18 (SC 530:248) | |
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) | |
Samuel (abbot)
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from: 539 to: 551 | Monastery of the Huts in the district of Claudias [unknown] | no | unknown | Ioannes of Ephesus, Vita sanctorum orientalium 58 (PO 19:207-8) | ||
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) | |
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 | |
Susanna
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from: 519 to: 534 | Palaestina [Palestine] | unknown | other | Ioannes of Ephesus, Vitae Sanctorum Orientalium 27 (PO 18:541-58) |