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- Non-Chalcedonianism (9)
- Exiled In Order To Convert Church To Geisericus' Religion (2)
- Following The Edict Of Julianus Against Athanasius (2)
- Involvement In Conspiracy Of Constantius Gallus (2)
- Nestorianism (2)
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- Constantinopolis [Istanbul] (28.98, 41.01) (7)
- Antiochia/theoupolis [Antakya] (36.17, 36.20) (5)
- Alexandria [Alexandria] (29.91, 31.20) (3)
- Edessa [Şanlıurfa] (38.79, 37.15) (3)
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- Alexandria [Alexandria] (29.91, 31.20) (3)
- Constantinopolis [Istanbul] (28.98, 41.01) (3)
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- Cyprus [Cyprus] (33.00, 35.00) (1)
- Cyzikus [Erdek/bandirma] (27.89, 40.38) (1)
- Gaza [Gaza] (34.46, 31.51) (1)
- Roma [Rome] (12.49, 41.89) (1)
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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)
- 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)
- Detained During Flight From Battle Of Placentia (1)
- Maximam Turbam Clericorum Navibus Fractis Inpositam Nudos Atque Expoliatos - Put Naked On Dangerous Ships Along With A Crowd Of Clergy And Despoiled (1)
- Navibus Fractis Inpositam Nudos Atque Expoliatos - Put Naked On Dangerous Ships And Despoiled (1)
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- He Had Access To Council Acts (1)
- He Introduced A More Nestorian Theology To The Persian Church (1)
- He Refuted The Arian Creed In His Writings. (1)
- Attended Council Of Seleucia In 359, Defends Himself From Charges Of Heterodoxy In His Apologia (1)
- He Attempted To Convert The Pagan Population And Founded A Christian School (1)
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Reason for death
- Unknown (2)
- According To Iohannes Antiochenus, Starvation (1)
- Sterility Of The Country (1)
- Allegedly Died After Falling From A Horse, But According To John Moschus His Intestines Exploded While Sitting On A Toilet (1)
- Execution (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 | |
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). | |
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) | |
Antiochus (PLRE 2, Antiochus 5, 101-2)
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from: 421 to: -- | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | unknown | n/a | Malalas 14.15 (Dindorf, 361); Zonaras 13.22.16 (Dindorf, vol. 3:237) | |
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 | ||
Astericius
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from: 362 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Andropolis [Khirbita] | unknown | presbyter | Historia acephala 3.6 (ed. Martin, Albert – SC) | |
Barsauma
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from: 451 to: -- | Edessa [Şanlıurfa] | Nisibis [Nusaybin] | no | unknown |
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S. Gerö, Barsauma of Nisibis and Persian Christianity in the Fifth Century (CSCO 426 Subs. 63), Louvain 1981, 60–72 |
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 | ||
Clerics at Antioch
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from: 373 to: -- | Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] | Neocaesarea [Niksar] | no | unknown | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.22.36 (SC 530:290) | |
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: 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) | |
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) | |
Eparchius Avitus (PLRE 2, Avitus 5, 106-8)
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from: 456 to: -- | Placentia [Piacenza] | Placentia [Piacenza] | no | n/a | Auctarium Prosperi Hauniensis 456 (MGH auct. ant. 9: 304); Hydatius Lemicus, chronica 183 (s.a. 456); Chronica Gallica 511, no. 628; Theophanes, AM 5948; John of Antioch frg. 225 (Mariev 412); Jordanes, Getica 240 (MGH AA 5:119); Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 456 (MGH AA 11.2:186); Gregorius of Tours, historiae 2.11 (MGH SRM 1.1:61); Evagrius, historia ecclesiastica 2.7; Auctarium Prosperi Hauniensis, s.a. 456; | |
Eunomius of Cyzikus (PCBE 3, Eunomius 1, 295-342)
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from: 358 to: 360 | Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] | Midaion [Karahöyük] | n/a | deacon | Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 4.5, 4.8 Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.27, p. 160-61 Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 4.13.5-6, p. 156 Gregory of Nyssa, contra Eunomium | |
Eunomius of Cyzikus (PCBE 3, Eunomius 1, 295-342)
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from: 389 to: 393 | Chalcedon [Kadiköy] | Halmyris [Murighiol] | no | unknown | Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 10.6 Hieronymus, de viris illustribus 120 (Herding 62) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 7.17 Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 5.20 (NPNF) | |
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 Longinus (PLRE 2, Longinus 6, 689-90)
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from: 492 to: 499 | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | Alexandria [Alexandria] | no | n/a | Theophanes, AM 5984; Zonaras 14.3.20; John of Antioch, fragmentum 214b | |
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) | |
Glycerius (PLRE 2, Glycerius, 514)
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from: 474 to: -- | Ravenna [Ravenna] | Salona [Solin] | unknown | n/a | Fasti Vindibonensis Priores, s.a. 474; Paschale Campanum, s.a. 474; Auctarium Prosperi Hauniensis 474 (MGH AA 9: 307); Marcellinus comes, chronica a. 474 (MGH AA 11.2:91); Jordanes, Romana 338; Jordanes, Getica 241, (MGH AA 5:43, 120); Anonymus Valesianus 2.7.36 (ed. J. Moreau (Leipzig: Teubner, 1968), 10); John of Antioch, frg. 209 (Mariev, 375); Evagrius, historia ecclesiastica 2.16 (SC 542:304-6); Theophanes, AM 5965; Malchus in Photius, bibliotheca 78; | |
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
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from: 591 to: -- | Barunitana ecclesia (in Sicily?) [unknown] | Monastery of St Adrian in Palermo [unknown] | unknown | n/a | Gregorius Magnus, epistula 1.18 (CCSL 140:17) | |
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) | |
Monks at Antioch
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from: 373 to: -- | Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] | Neocaesarea [Niksar] | no | other | Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.22.36 (SC 530:290) | |
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) | |
Pagans and heretics in Antioch
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from: 555 to: -- | Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] | Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] | unknown | unknown | Vita Symeonis Stylites 164 (van de Ven, 146) | |
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 (Alexandrian presbyter)
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from: 362 to: -- | Alexandria [Alexandria] | Andropolis [Khirbita] | unknown | presbyter | Historia acephala 3.6 (ed. Martin, Albert – SC) | |
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) | |
Priscus (PLRE 3, Priscus 1, 1051-2)
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from: 529 to: -- | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | Cyzikus [Erdek/Bandirma] | unknown | n/a | Procopius, anecdota 16.7-10 (Loeb 190) Malalas, chronica 18.43 (Dindorf 449) and fr. 45 Theophanes, AM 6026 | |
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) | |
Romanus (cleric at the church of Teano)
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from: 559 to: -- | Teanum Sidicinum [Teano (Caserta)] | unknown | unknown | Pelagius, epistula 54 (Gassò and Batlle: 143-4) | ||
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
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from: 404 to: -- | Constantinopolis [Istanbul] | Pelusium [near Port Said] | unknown | other | Palladius, Vita Joannis Chrysostomi 20 (SC 341:396-402) | |
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) | |
Theodogild
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from: 567 to: -- | Lutetia [Paris] | Col. Arelate [Arles] | no | other | Gregorius of Tours, historiae 4.26 (MGH SS rer. Merov. 1.1:159) | |
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) |