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Person/Group Name Exile Date Sent From Went To Returned Previous Office Relationships Sources
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)
Agelius
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from: 366 to: 366 Constantinopolis [Istanbul] yes bishop Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 4.9 (NPNF) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 6.9 (NPNF)
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)
Antiochus (presbyter)
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from: 373 to: 379 Armenia [Armenia] yes presbyter
Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.15.8 (SC 530:238)
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: 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
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
Athanasius
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from: 335 to: 337 Tyrus [Tyre] Col. Augusta Treverorum [Trier] yes bishop Athanasius, apologia secunda 9.1-5, 71ff. Athanasius, epistula festalis 10
Athanasius
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from: 339 to: 346 Alexandria [Alexandria] yes bishop 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)
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: 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
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
Dorotheus of Antioch
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from: 380 to: 388 Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] Thracia [Thrace] yes bishop Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 9.19
Eulalius (PCBE 2, Eulalius 2, 680-81)
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from: 419 to: 419 Roma [Rome] yes bishop collectio Avellana 20-29 (CSEL 35.1:61-5) https://archive.org/stream/epistulaeimperat01gnth#page/66/mode/2up Liber Pontificalis 44 (Duchesne I:89-92) https://archive.org/stream/bookofpopesliber00loom#page/88/mode/2up
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)
Eunomius of Cyzikus (PCBE 3, Eunomius 1, 295-342)
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from: 370 to: 378 Island of Naxos [Naxos] yes unknown Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 9.11
Eusebius of Nicomedia
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from: 326 to: 328 Nicomedia [İzmit] Gaul [France] yes bishop Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 1.9-10, 2.7; Gelasius of Cyzicus, historia ecclesiastica I.11 (GCS NF 9:18-25); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 1.19 (NPNF); Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 1.14 (NPNF); Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 2.16 (NPNF), 3.19.3; Opitz, Urkunde 27.16, 36 (Opitz, 125-6, 129);
Eusebius of Samosata
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from: 373 to: 378 Samosata [Samsat] Thracia [Thrace] yes bishop Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.12-13 (NPNF); Basilius of Caesarea, epistula 181-183, 198, 237, 268; Gregorius of Nazianzus, epistula 64-66; Theophanes, AM 5871;
Eustathius of Sebaste
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from: 360 to: 361 Constantinopolis [Istanbul] yes bishop Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 5.1
Flavius Ioannes ('the Cappadocian') (PLRE 3, Ioannes 11, 627-35)
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from: 541 to: 548 Cyzikus [Erdek/Bandirma] Antinoopolis [El Sheikh Ibada] yes presbyter Procopius, bellum Persarum 1.25.39-43, 2.30.49-50; Malalas, chronica 480, fr. 47; Procopius, anecdota 17.40-44, 21.5; Marcellinus Comes, additamenta ad chronicon a. 544
Ibas of Edessa
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from: 449 to: 451 Edessa [Şanlıurfa] 20 different prisons, including one in Antioch [n/a] yes bishop 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
Ioannes Chrysostomos
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from: 403 to: 403 Constantinopolis [Istanbul] yes bishop sources according to J.N.D. Kelly, Golden Mouth, The story of John Chrysostom - ascetic, preacher, bishop, London 1996
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
Marcellus (PCBE 4, Marcellus 4, 1241-1243)
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from: 476 to: 478 Col. Dea Vocontiorum [Die] Col. Arelate [Arles] yes bishop 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
Marcellus of Ancyra
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from: 336 to: 344 Constantinopolis [Istanbul] yes bishop Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 1.36, 2.15, 29 (NPNF) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 2.33, 3.8, 24 (NPNF) Athanasius, de fuga 3.3
Maris of Chalcedon
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from: 326 to: 328 Chalcedon [Kadiköy] Gaul [France] yes bishop Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 2.7
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)
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)
Parmenianus (PCBE 1, Parmenianus, 816)
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from: 362 to: 362 yes bishop Optatus 2.17 (p. 51)
Paulus of Constantinople
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from: 339 to: 341 Constantinopolis [Istanbul] yes bishop 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
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
Petrus Fullo
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from: 476 to: 485 Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] Pityous [Pitsunda] yes bishop 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 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)
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)
Theognis of Nicaea
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from: 326 to: 328 Nicaea [Iznik] Gaul [France] yes bishop Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 1.9, 2.7; Gelasius of Cyzicus, historia ecclesiastica I.11 (GCS NF 9:18-25); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 1.19 (NPNF); Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 1.14 (NPNF); Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 2.16 (NPNF), 3.19.3; Opitz, Urkunde 27.16, 36 (Opitz, 125-6, 129);
Theophilus
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from: 354 to: 358 Nicomedia [İzmit] unknown [unknown] yes bishop Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 4.1, 7 (PG 65:516-8, 520-21)
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
Evagrius, historia ecclesiastica 3.11 (SC 542:412) Liberatus, Breviarium 16 Theophanes, AM 5967 (de Boor 121)
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