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Person/Group Name	Exile Date	Sent From	Went To	Returned	Previous Office	Relationships	Sources
Donatists View Case	from: 315 to: 321	North Africa [North Africa]		yes	unknown	Locrius Verinus Flavius Valerius Constantinus	Augustinus, contra Donatistas 31.54 (CSEL 53:154) Augustinus, Breuiculus collationis cum Donatistis 3.40 (CCSL 149A) Augustinus, Psalmus contra partem Donati 54 (Anastasi, Padua 1957)
Arius View Case	from: 325 to: 327	Alexandria [Alexandria]	Illyricum [n/a]	yes	presbyter	Flavius Valerius Constantinus Eusebius of Nicomedia Eusebius of Nicomedia 'Arian' presbyter Constantia Euzoius (deacon)	Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 1.8, 1.23-6 (NPNF) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 1.21, 2.16 (NPNF)
Arius View Case	from: 333 to: 335	Alexandria [Alexandria]		yes	unknown	Flavius Valerius Constantinus Paterius	Opitz, Urkunde 33/28, 34/27 See T. Barnes, 'The Exiles and Recalls of Arius', Journal of Theological Studies 60 (2009), 109-129
Athanasius View Case	from: 335 to: 337	Tyrus [Tyre]	Col. Augusta Treverorum [Trier]	yes	bishop	Alexander Severianus Flavius Valerius Constantinus Constantius II Flavius Iulius Constans	Athanasius, apologia secunda 9.1-5, 71ff. Athanasius, epistula festalis 10
Marcellus of Ancyra View Case	from: 336 to: 344	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]		yes	bishop	Eusebius of Nicomedia Basilius of Ancyra Lucius of Adrianopolis Iulius of Rome	Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 1.36, 2.15, 29 (NPNF) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 2.33, 3.8, 24 (NPNF) Athanasius, de fuga 3.3
Asclepas of Gaza View Case	from: 337 to: 344	Gaza [Gaza]		yes	bishop	Eusebius Pamphilus Marcellus of Ancyra Lucius of Adrianopolis Iulius of Rome	Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.15 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 3.8 Athanasius, historia Arianorum 5.2 Athanasius, de fuga 3.3
Paulus of Constantinople View Case	from: 339 to: 341	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]		yes	bishop	Flavius Theodosius Constantius II Eusebius of Nicomedia Athanasius Asclepas of Gaza Marcellus of Ancyra Lucius of Adrianopolis Iulius of Rome	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
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
Paulus of Constantinople View Case	from: 342 to: 344	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]		yes	bishop	Constantius II Hermogenes Crowd in Constantinople Flavius Iulius Constans Constantius II	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
Lucius of Adrianopolis View Case	from: 343 to: 344	Hadrianopolis [Tadmur]		yes	bishop	Constantius II Iulius of Rome	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)
two presbyters and three deacons View Case	from: 343 to: 345	Alexandria [Alexandria]	Armenia [Armenia]	yes	presbyter	Constantius II	Athanasius, Historia Arianorum 15.4, 18.3, 21.1 (Opitz 2:190, 192, 194)
Donatists View Case	from: 345 to: 362	North Africa [North Africa]		yes	unknown	Macarius (notarius?) Flavius Claudius Iulianus	Optatus, contra Parmenianum Donatistam 2.16; 3.4
Paulus of Constantinople View Case	from: 350 to: 350	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]	Thessalonica [Thessaloniki]	no	bishop	Flavius Philippus Macedonius of Constantinople Flavius Theodosius	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
Agelius View Case	from: 366 to: 366	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]		yes	bishop	Flavius Valens Flavius Valens	Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 4.9 (NPNF) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 6.9 (NPNF)
Ursicinus of Rome View Case	from: 366 to: 367	Roma [Rome]		yes	bishop	followers of Ursicinus Flavius Valentinianus Vettius Agorius Praetextatus Damasus	collectio Avellana 1.11, 5 (CSEL 35.1:4, 48) https://archive.org/stream/epistulaeimperat01gnth#page/48/mode/2up Ammianus Marcellinus 27.3.12-13, 27.9.9 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 2.23 (NPNF)
Cyrillus of Jerusalem View Case	from: 366 to: 378	Ierusalem [Jerusalem]		yes	bishop	Flavius Valens Flavius Gratianus	Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 5.2 Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 5.2 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 6.12, 7.1
Eunomius of Cyzikus (PCBE 3, Eunomius 1, 295-342) View Case	from: 367 to: 368	Chalcedon [Kadiköy]	Mauretania [Mauritania]	yes	unknown	Auxonius Valens of Mursa Domninus of Marcianopolis Flavius Valens	Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 9.8
Meletius of Antioch View Case	from: 371 to: 378	Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya]	Armenia [Armenia]	yes	bishop	Flavius Valens supporters of Meletius in Antioch Domnica Eudoxius of Antioch	Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 5.5 (NPNF) Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.12-13 (NPNF)
Petrus of Alexandria View Case	from: 373 to: 373	Alexandria [Alexandria]		yes	bishop	Aelius Palladius Flavius Valens Lucius of Alexandria Damasus Marcella	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;
Ioannes Chrysostomos View Case	from: 403 to: 403	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]		yes	bishop	Aelia Eudoxia Crowd in Constantinople Theophilus of Alexandria Chief of police in Constantinople Military escort in Constantinople Severianus of Gabala Brison three groups of imperial messengers Innocentius of Rome notarius in Constantinople more than thirty bishops in Constantinople	sources according to J.N.D. Kelly, Golden Mouth, The story of John Chrysostom - ascetic, preacher, bishop, London 1996
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
Ibas of Edessa View Case	from: 449 to: 451	Edessa [Şanlıurfa]	20 different prisons, including one in Antioch [n/a]	yes	bishop	Flavius Thomas Iulianus Chaereas Chrysaphius Eutyches Nonnus of Edessa	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
Petrus Fullo View Case	from: 471 to: 476	Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya]	Oasis Magna/Thebaidos [El-Kharga]	yes	bishop	Leo of Rome Flavius Basiliscus	Gelasius, Gesta de nomine Acacii (CSEL 35, n. 99: 440 and 450); Liberatus, Breviarum 17 (ACO 2.5: 130); Theodorus (Anagnostes) Lector, historia ecclesiastia 392 (GCS 53:110); Theophanes, AM 5967
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
Flavius Longinus (PLRE 2, Longinus 6, 689-90) View Case	from: 475 to: 485	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]	Isauria [Bozkır]	yes	n/a	Illus Flavius Zenon	Marcellinus comes, chronica 485 (MGH auct. ant. 11.2:93); Theophanes, AM 5975 (de Boor 129); John of Antioch, fragmentum 214.1
Marcellus (PCBE 4, Marcellus 4, 1241-1243) View Case	from: 476 to: 478	Col. Dea Vocontiorum [Die]	Col. Arelate [Arles]	yes	bishop	Euricus	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
Petrus Fullo View Case	from: 476 to: 485	Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya]	Pityous [Pitsunda]	yes	bishop	Flavius Zenon Stephanus of Antioch Guards	Malalas, chronica 15.6 (Dindorf 380-1); Joannes of Nikiu, chronica 88.43; Theophanes, AM 5969 (de Boor 125); Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 488-489 (Harrak, 37)
Petrus Mongus View Case	from: 477 to: 482	Alexandria [Alexandria]	Euchaita [Beyözü]	yes	bishop	Flavius Zenon Ioannes Talaia Simplicius of Rome Acacius of Constantinople	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
Caesarius of Arles (PCBE 4, Caesarius 1, 386-410) View Case	from: 505 to: 505	Col. Arelate [Arles]	Burdigala [Bourdeaux]	yes	bishop	Alaricus II Licinianus	Vita Caesarii 1.21 Caesarius, epistula 4
Fulgentius (PCBE 1, Fulgentius 1, 507-13) View Case	from: 508 to: 517	Ruspe [Koudiat Rosfa]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop	Thrasamund	Vita Fulgentii, trans. R.B. Eno, Fulgentius: Selected Works (Washington, D.C.: 1997), p.30., chapter 17-19.
Illustris (PCBE 1, Illustris, 599) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Byzacena [Tunisia]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Vita Fulgentii, trans. R.B. Eno, Fulgentius: Selected Works (Washington, D.C.: 1997), chapter 17.
Ianuarius (PCBE 1, Januarius 38, 596) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Byzacena [Tunisia]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Vita Fulgentii, trans. R.B. Eno, Fulgentius: Selected Works (Washington, D.C.: 1997), chapter 17. Fulgentius, epistula 16. Fulgentius, epistula 17.
Datianus (PCBE 1, Datianus 4, 266-267) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Byzacena [Tunisia]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Fulgentius, epistula 16 Fulgentius, epistula 17
Fortunatus (PCBE 1, Fortunatus 15, 499) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Pupput [Souk el-Abiod]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Fulgentius, epistula 16 Fulgentius, epistula 17 Concilia Africa, CCSL 149, p. 172
Boethos (PCBE 1, Boethos, 146) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Byzacena [Tunisia]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Fulgentius, epistula 16 Fulgentius, epistula 17
Victor (PCBE 1, Victor 88, 1182) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Byzacena [Tunisia]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Fulgentius, epistula 17
Horontius (PCBE 1, Horontius, 575) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Byzacena [Tunisia]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Fulgentius, epistula 16 Fulgentius, epistula 17
Albanus (PCBE 1, Albanus, 50) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Byzacena [Tunisia]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Fulgentius, epistula 16.
Scholasticus (PCBE 1, Scolasticus, 1044) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Byzacena [Tunisia]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Fulgentius, epistula 17
Victor (PCBE 1, Victor 89, 1183) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Byzacena [Tunisia]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Fulgentius, epistula 17
Ianuarius (PCBE 1, Januarius 39, 596) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Byzacena [Tunisia]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Fulgentius, epistula 17
Fontius (PCBE 1, Fontius, 480) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Byzacena [Tunisia]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Fulgentius, epistula 17
Quodvultdeus (PCBE 1, Quodvultdeus 23, 955) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Byzacena [Tunisia]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Vita Fulgentii 27, trans. R.B. Eno, Fulgentius: Selected Works (Washington, D.C.: 1997) Fulgentius, epistula 17
Vindicianus (PCBE 1, Vindicianus 1, 1217) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Marazanae [unknown]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		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.
Felix (PCBE 1, Felix 93, 442) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Byzacena [Tunisia]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Fulgentius, epistula 17
Victorianus (PCBE 1, Victorianus 12, 1192) View Case	from: 508 to: 523	Quaestoriana [unknown]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop		Fulgentius, epistula 17 C. Halm, Historia persecutionis Africanae provinciae, MGH, AA, III.I (Berlin, 1879), pp.63-71, Byzacenae 87.
Fulgentius (PCBE 1, Fulgentius 1, 507-13) View Case	from: 518 to: 523	Carthago [Carthage]	Sardinia [Sardinia]	yes	bishop	Thrasamund Hilderic	Vita Fulgentii 18-28, trans. R.B. Eno, Fulgentius: Selected Works (Washington, D.C.: 1997)
Paulus of Edessa View Case	from: 519 to: 519	Edessa [Şanlıurfa]	Seleucia [Babil Governorate]	yes	bishop	Iustinus Euphrasius of Constantinople Patricius Citizens and monks of Edessa Paulus the Jew of Antioch	Chronicum Edessenum 89-92 (CSCO Scr. Syr. 3.4,1903: 9-10) https://archive.org/stream/chronicaminorapa00guid#page/8/mode/2up Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518, 525-526 (Harrak, 51, 55)
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)
Paulus of Edessa View Case	from: 522 to: 526	Edessa [Şanlıurfa]	Euchaita [Beyözü]	yes	bishop	Asclepius of Edessa Iustinus	Zacharias, historia ecclesiastica 8.4 (CSCO 84:75, 88:51) Chronicum Edessenum 89-92 (CSCO Scr. Syr. 3.4,1903: 9-10) https://archive.org/stream/chronicaminorapa00guid#page/8/mode/2up
Mar Aba I View Case	from: 544 to: 551	Ctesiphon [Al-Mada'in]	Adurbadagan [Iranian Azerbaijan]	yes	bishop	Chosroes I	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
'Fathers' View Case	from: 553 to: 565			yes	bishop	Iustinus II	Venantius Fortunatus, Appendix 2, 39-42 (J. George, Translated Texts for Historians, 113)
Eutychius of Constantinople View Case	from: 565 to: 577	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]	Monastery of Choracudis [n/a]	yes	bishop	Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus Ioannes of Constantinople (sixth c.) Iustinus II Tiberius Constantinus Crowd in Constantinople Married couple in Amasea Petrus (child in Amasea) presbyter in Amasea Nouneches (son of presbyter in Amasea) Cyrillus (cleric in Amasea) son of Cyrillus boy in Amasea Son of artisan in Amasea Artisan in Amasea Peasant woman in Amasea Son of peasant woman in Amasea Nun in Amasea Young musician in Amasea Son of builder in Amasea Builder in Amasea Young man in Amasea Possessed man in Amasea Crowd in Amasea Ill man in Amasea Ill man from Cumanus Sight impaired man in Amasea Nun im Amasea with boy Monks in Amasea Quaestors, procurators and military commanders from Pontus Imperial messengers Archbishop of Amasea Woman in Euchaita Son of woman in Euchaita Crowd in Nicomedia military guard	Vita S Eutychii Patriarchae 38-71 (PG 86:2317-56) Theophanes, AM 6057 (de Boor 240) Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 566 (MGH 11:205)
Stephanus of Cyprus View Case	from: 565 to: 577	Cyprus [Cyprus]	Plataea [Platees]	yes	bishop	clerics and lifeguardsmen from Constantinople Ioannes of Constantinople (sixth c.) Iustinus II Aelia Sophia	Ioannes of Ephesus, historia ecclesiastica 1.16, 2.3 (NPNF)
Anastasius of Antioch View Case	from: 570 to: 593	Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya]		yes	bishop	Iustinus II Gregorius of Antioch Gregorius Magnus Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Theodosius (son of Maurice)	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)
Eustathius of Antioch View Case		Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya]		yes	bishop	Flavius Jovianus	Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 6.13 (SC 495:310) Theophanes, AM 5861 (de Boor 58).

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