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Person/Group Name Exile Date Sent From Went To Returned Previous Office Relationships Sources
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
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)
'302 bishops'
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from: 484 to: -- North Africa [North Africa] unknown bishop Victor of Vita, historia persecutionis, 3.20; Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae, ed. C. Halm, Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae, MGH, AA, III.I (Berlin, 1879), pp.63-71, recapitulatory table; Victor of Tunnuna, chronica, a.479
'334 bishops'
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from: 484 to: -- North Africa [North Africa] unknown bishop Marcellinus Comes, Chronicon, a. 484 (MGH auct. ant. 11:92-3)
46 Bishops from the Vandal Kingdom
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from: 484 to: -- North Africa [North Africa] Corsica [Corsica] unknown bishop Victor of Vita, historia persecutionis, 3.20; Notitia Provinciarum et Civitatum Africae, ed. C. Halm, Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae, MGH, AA, III.I (Berlin, 1879), pp.63-71, recapitulatory table; Victor of Tunnuna, chronica, a.479; Laturculus Regum Vandalorum et Alanorum, 9, MGH AA 13, p.459.
a priest at the church of Vibo Valentia
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from: 559 to: -- Vibo Valentia [Vibo Valentia] unknown presbyter Pelagius, epistula 34 (Gassò and Batlle: 93-95)
Acylinus of Barbalissos in Syria Euphratensis
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from: 432 to: 432 Barbalissus [Maskanah] castrum [n/a] unknown bishop ACO 1.4:204, no. 279
Adelphius of Onouphis
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from: 358 to: -- Onouphis [Maḥallat Minūf] Psinabla [Shandaweil] unknown bishop 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
African bishops
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from: 429 to: -- Africa [n/a] unknown bishop Victor of Vita, historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae 1.14 (MGH auct. ant. 3.1:4-5)
African clergy
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from: 439 to: -- Carthago [Carthage] Neapolis [Naples] unknown unknown Victor of Vita, historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae 1.15 (MGH auct. ant. 3.1:5)
Agathodaemon
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] unknown [unknown] unknown bishop Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780)
Agathodorus of Isba
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from: 518 to: -- Isba [Kiesme] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 51)
Agathus
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] unknown [unknown] unknown bishop Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780); Athanasius, de fuga 7 (PG 25:653); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.14 (SC 501:394)
Alexander of Abila
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from: 518 to: -- Abila Lysaniou [Suk Wadi Barada] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50)
Alexander of Hierapolis
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from: 431 to: -- Hierapolis/Bambyke [Manbiǧ] Famothis [Lake Mareotis] unknown bishop ACO 1.4:203, no. 279
Alexander of Khonokhora
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from: 518 to: -- Khonokhora [unknown] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 51)
Ammonius Parotes
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] unknown [unknown] unknown bishop 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
Anagamphus
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] Oasis Magna/Thebaidos [El-Kharga] unknown bishop Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780); Athanasius, de fuga 7 (PG 25:653); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.14 (SC 501:394)
Anianus of Antioch
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from: 359 to: -- Seleucia ad Calycadnum/Tracheia [Silifke] unknown bishop Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.40
Antonius of Aleppo
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from: 518 to: -- Beroia [Aleppo] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50)
Apollonius
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] unknown [unknown] unknown bishop Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780); Athanasius, de fuga 7 (PG 25:653); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.14 (SC 501:394)
Apollus
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] unknown [unknown] unknown bishop Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780)
Arius of Petrae in Palestine
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from: 343 to: -- Petra [Petra] Upper Lybia [n/a] unknown bishop Athanasius, Historia Arianorum 15.4, 18.3 (Opitz 2:190, 192)
around 500 clerics in Carthage, mostly lectors and children
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from: 484 to: -- Carthago [Carthage] unknown unknown Victor of Vita, historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae 3.34 (CSEL 7:89)
Astericius
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from: 362 to: -- Alexandria [Alexandria] Andropolis [Khirbita] unknown presbyter Historia acephala 3.6 (ed. Martin, Albert – SC)
Asterius of Arabia
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from: 343 to: -- Arabia [Arabia] Upper Lybia [n/a] unknown bishop Athanasius, Historia Arianorum 15.4, 18.3 (Opitz 2:190, 192)
Athenodorus
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] Ammonia [Marsa Matruh] unknown bishop Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780); Athanasius, de fuga 7 (PG 25:653); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.14 (SC 501:394)
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)
bishops succeeding Ianuarius and Stephanus
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from: 603 to: -- Hispania [Spain] unknown bishop Gregorius Magnus, epistula 13.46 (CCSL 140A:1052-5).
bishops who ordained successors of Ianuarius and Stephanus
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from: 603 to: 604 Hispania [Spain] unknown bishop Gregorius Magnus, epistula 13.46 (CCSL 140A:1052-5).
Brumasius
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from: 565 to: -- Africa [n/a] Constantinopolis [Istanbul] unknown bishop Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 565? (MGH auct. ant. 11:205)
Caretaker of Second Martyrion in Beirut
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from: 490 to: -- Berytus [Beirut] unknown other
Zacharias, Vita Severi (Kugener, 71)
Carterius of Antaradus
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from: 337 to: -- Antarados [Tartus] unknown bishop
Athanasius, de fuga 3.3 Athanasius, historia Arianorum 5.2
Catholic Visigothic Bishops
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from: 582 to: -- Spain or Gaul [Spain or Gaul] unknown bishop Isidore of Seville, Historia Gothorum, 50, in Conquerors and Chroniclers of Early Medieval Spain, ed. Kenneth Baxter Wolf (Liverpool: 1990).
Chrysonius
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from: 565 to: -- Africa [n/a] Constantinopolis [Istanbul] unknown bishop Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 565? (MGH auct. ant. 11:205)
Claudianus (Donatist bishop)
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from: 379 to: -- Roma [Rome] Africa [n/a] unknown bishop Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, edited Mansi, vol. 3:628 http://www.fscire.it/it/mansi/immagine/1472/#di-comboopere
clerics from Antioch, from the banks of the Euphrates, and from Cilicia, Galatia, and Asia
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from: 358 to: -- unknown unknown Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 4.24 (NPNF)
clerics of Ravenna
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from: 601 to: 601 Ravenna [Ravenna] Sicilia [Sicily] unknown unknown Gregorius Magnus, epistula 11.24 (CCSL 140A:894-5).
Clerics supporting Basilius of Ancyra
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from: 360 to: -- Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] unknown unknown Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 5.1
Constantinus of Laodicea
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from: 518 to: -- Laodicea [Latakia] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50)
Constantius of Alexandria
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from: 407 to: -- Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] Oasis Magna/Thebaidos [El-Kharga] unknown presbyter Palladius, Vita Joannis Chrysostomi 16 (SC 341:310)
Contumeliosus of Riez
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from: 534 to: -- Reii [Riez] unknown bishop Epistolae Arelatenses 32-34, 37 (MGH Epp. 3:45-54, 56-57)
Crescentius
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from: 591 to: -- Church of Venafrum in Campania [Venafro] unknown unknown Gregorius Magnus, epistula 1.66 (CCSL 140:76)
Cymatius of Gabala
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from: 337 to: -- Gabala [Jableh] unknown bishop
Athanasius, de fuga 3.3 Athanasius, historia Arianorum 5.2
Cymatius of Paltus
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from: 337 to: -- Paltos [Arab al-Mulk] unknown bishop
Athanasius, de fuga 3.3 Athanasius, historia Arianorum 5.2
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)
Cyrus of Beroea
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from: 337 to: -- Beroe [Stara Zagora] unknown bishop
Athanasius, de fuga 3.3 Athanasius, historia Arianorum 5.2
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)
Demetrius of Pisinum
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from: 404 to: -- Constantinopolis [Istanbul] Oasis Magna/Thebaidos [El-Kharga] unknown bishop Palladius, Vita Joannis Chrysostomi 20 (SC 341:396-402)
Dioscorus (presbyter)
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] Syene [Aswan] unknown presbyter Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780); Athanasius, de fuga 7 (PG 25:653); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.14 (SC 501:394)
Donatist clerics and ministers
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from: 412 to: -- Africa [n/a] unknown n/a Codex Theodosianus 16.5.52.5
Donatists
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from: 317 to: -- Africa [n/a] unknown unknown Optatus 2.15.4 (SC 412) Augustinus, epistula 141.9 (CSEL 44:243)
Donatists
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from: 324 to: -- North Africa [North Africa] unknown unknown Eusebius, vita Constantini 2.66
Donatus
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from: 565 to: -- Africa [n/a] Constantinopolis [Istanbul] unknown bishop Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 565? (MGH auct. ant. 11:205)
Dorotheus of Marcianopolis
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from: 432 to: -- Marcianopolis [Devnya] Caesarea [Kayseri] unknown bishop ACO 1.4:203, no. 279 Iohannes Rufus, Plerophories (Nau, PO 8, 1911: 83), citing History composed by Timothy Aelurus. Barhadbessaba Arbaia (Nau, PO 9/5, 1913:493-677) 30
Dracontius
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] Clysma [Suez] unknown bishop Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780); Athanasius, de fuga 7 (PG 25:653); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.14 (SC 501:394) Hieronymus, vita Hilarionis 20 (SC 508:268)
Egidius of Reims
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from: 590 to: -- Mettis [Metz] Argentorate [Strasbourg] unknown bishop Gregorius of Tours, historiae 10.19 (MGH SS rer. Merov. 1.1:510-13) http://www.dmgh.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb00000747_00555.html?sortIndex=010%3A020%3A0001%3A010%3A01%3A00&zoom=0.75
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)
Entrechius of Anazerbus
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from: 518 to: -- Anazarbos [Ağaçlı] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50)
Eugenius
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from: 404 to: -- unknown bishop
Palladius, Vita Joannis Chrysostomi 20 (SC 341:396-402)
Eulogius
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] unknown [unknown] unknown bishop Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780)
Eulysius of Bostra
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from: 404 to: -- Bostra/Col. Nova Traiana Alexandriana [Busra] fortress Misphas in Arabia [n/a] unknown bishop Palladius, Vita Joannis Chrysostomi 20 (SC 341:396-402)
Euphration of Balaneae
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from: 337 to: -- Balanea [Baniyas] unknown bishop
Athanasius, de fuga 3.3 Athanasius, historia Arianorum 5.2
Eusebianus of Hadriane
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from: 518 to: -- Hadriane [Niksar?] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 51)
Eutherius of Tyana
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from: 432 to: -- Tyana [Kemerhisar] Scythopolis/Nysa [Beit She'an] unknown bishop
ACO 1.4:204, no. 279
Eutropius of Adrianople
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from: 333 to: -- Hadrianopolis [Tadmur] unknown bishop Athanasius, de fuga 3.3 Athanasius, historia Arianorum 5.1
Evolcius of Samosata
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from: 373 to: -- Samosata [Samsat] Oasis Magna/Thebaidos [El-Kharga] unknown deacon Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.15.8 (SC 530:238)
Flavius
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] unknown [unknown] unknown bishop Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780)
Florentius of Epidaurum
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from: 592 to: 597 Epidaurum [Cavtat] unknown bishop Gregorius Magnus, epistula 3.9-10, 8:11 (MGH Epp 1:169-70, 2:13-14) http://www.dmgh.de/de/fs1/object/goToPage/bsb00000535.html?pageNo=168&sortIndex=040%3A010%3A0001%3A010%3A00%3A00 http://www.dmgh.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb00000536_00058.html?sortIndex=040%3A010%3A0002%3A010%3A00%3A00&pageNo=14&zoom=1.00
Frontinus of Salona
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from: 554 to: 562 Constantinopolis [Istanbul] Antinoopolis [El Sheikh Ibada] unknown bishop Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 554 and 562 (MGH auct. ant. 11:203, 205)
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)
Gaius of Thmouis
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from: 358 to: -- Thmouis [Tell Timai] Oasis Magna/Thebaidos [El-Kharga] unknown bishop Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780); Athanasius, de fuga 7 (PG 25:653); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.14 (SC 501:394)
Gregorius of Lydia
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from: 404 to: -- Lydia [Anatolia] Phrygia [Central Anatolia] unknown bishop
Palladius, Vita Joannis Chrysostomi 20 (SC 341:396-402)
Helpidius of Kestroi
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from: 518 to: -- Kestros [Macar Kalesi] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 51)
Heraclides
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] unknown [unknown] unknown bishop Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780)
Hermes
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] Oasis Magna/Thebaidos [El-Kharga] unknown bishop Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780); Athanasius, de fuga 7 (PG 25:653); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.14 (SC 501:394)
Heros of Arles
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from: 412 to: -- Col. Arelate [Arles] Palaestina [Palestine] unknown bishop Prosper of Aquitaine, chronica 1247, ann. 412 (MGH auct. ant. 9, chronica minora 1:466) http://www.dmgh.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb00000798_00478.html?sortIndex=010%3A010%3A0009%3A010%3A00%3A00&zoom=0.75
Hierax
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from: 358 to: -- Egypt or Lybia [Egypt or Lybia] Syene [Aswan] unknown presbyter Athanasius, historia Arianorum 72 (PG 25:780); Athanasius, de fuga 7 (PG 25:653); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.14 (SC 501:394);
Hilarion of Neocaesarea
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from: 518 to: -- Neocaesarea [Niksar] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 51)
Hilarus (PCBE 2, Hilarus 14, 998-9)
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from: 601 to: -- Neapolis [Naples] unknown other Gregorius Magnus, epistula 11.53 (CCSL 140A:956-7)
Hypatius
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from: 380 to: -- Nicaea [Iznik] Cyrus [Duruca] unknown unknown Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 9.19
Ianuarius of Malaga
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from: 589 to: 603 Malaca [Malaga] unknown bishop Gregorius Magnus, epistula 13.46-7 (CCSL 140A:1052-7).
Instantius
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from: 385 to: -- Spain or Gaul [Spain or Gaul] Island of Sylinancis [Isles of Scilly] unknown bishop Sulpicius Severus, chronica 2.51.2 (SC 441:344)
Ioannes of Constantinople (fifth c.)
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from: 401 to: -- Constantinopolis [Istanbul] Pontus [Anatolia] unknown bishop Prosper of Aquitaine, chronica 1220, ann. 401 (MGH auct. ant. 9, chronica minora 1:464) http://www.dmgh.de/de/fs1/object/display/bsb00000798_00476.html?sortIndex=010%3A010%3A0009%3A010%3A00%3A00&zoom=0.75
Ioannes of Harran
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from: 518 to: -- Carrhae [Altınbaşak] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 51)
Ioannes of Hemerion
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from: 518 to: -- Hemerion [unknown] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 51)
Ioannes of Horin
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from: 518 to: -- Horin [Jayrud?] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50)
Ioannes of Irenopolis
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from: 518 to: -- Eirenopolis [Düziçi] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50)
Ioannes of Lydia
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from: 404 to: -- Lydia [Anatolia] Macedonia [Macedonia] unknown bishop
Palladius, Vita Joannis Chrysostomi 20 (SC 341:396-402)
Ioannes of Mopsuestia
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from: 518 to: -- Mopsou(h)estia [Yakapınar] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50)
Ioannes of Tadmur
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from: 518 to: -- Palmyra [Tadmur] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50)
Irenaeus (PLRE 2, Irenaeus 2, 624-5)
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from: 448 to: -- Tyrus [Tyre] unknown bishop ACO I.4:66-7, 181; Evagrius, historia ecclesiastica 1.10
Isidorus of Hermopolis
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from: 373 to: -- Hermopolis [El-Ashmunein] Sepphoris/Diocaesarea [n/a] unknown bishop
Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.22.35 (SC 530:288) Palladius, Historia Lausiaca 46.2
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)
Iulius of Aegea
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from: 518 to: -- Aigaiai [Yumurtalık] unknown bishop Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50)
Lampetius
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from: 404 to: -- Lydia [Anatolia] unknown bishop Palladius, Vita Joannis Chrysostomi 20 (SC 341:396-402)
Lapsed priests, deacons or other clergy
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from: 591 to: -- Sicilia [Sicily] Sicilia [Sicily] unknown unknown Gregorius Magnus, epistula 1.42 (CCSL 140:54)
Liberius of Rome (PCBE 2, Liberius 1, 1297-8)
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from: 352 to: 356 Roma [Rome] cemetery of Novella on the Via Salaria [n/a] unknown bishop Gesta Liberii 3
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