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Person/Group Name Exile Date Sent From Went To Returned Previous Office Relationships Sources
Arius
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from: 319 to: -- Alexandria [Alexandria] n/a presbyter Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 1.4 (NPNF)
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
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)
Eusebius of Vercelli (PCBE 2, Eusebius 1, 692-7)
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from: 355 to: 362 Mediolan(i)um [Milan] Scythopolis/Nysa [Beit She'an] yes bishop Eusebius of Vercelli, epistula 1 ad Constantium (CCSL 9:103); Eusebius of Vercelli, epistula 2 (CCSL 9:104-9); Eusebius of Vercelli, epistula 3 (CCSL 9:110); Eusebius of Vercelli, Appendix II (CCSL 9:119-23); Lucifer of Cagliari, epistula 7 (CCSL 8:319 = CCSL 9:120); Hilarius of Poitiers, textus narrativus (Liber I ad Constantium) 1.3 (CSEL 65:186-7), Hilarius of Poitiers, Fragmentum historiarum, App. VII.1 (CSEL 65:164-5); Sulpicius Severus, Chronica 2.39 (CSEL 1:92-3); Athanasius, apologia ad Constantium 27 (SC 56:118-19); Athanasius, De fuga 4 (Opitz II.1:70-71); Athanasius, historia Arianorum 33.6, 46.3, 76.3 (Opitz II.1:201, 210, 225); Faustinus et Marcellinus, Libellus precum 2.23 (CSEL 35.1:12); Gesta inter Liberium et Felicem 2 (CSEL 35.1:1); Hieronymus, chronica, ann. 355 (GCS 47:239-40); Hieronymus, de viris illustribus 96 (TU 14.1:47); Prosper of Aquitaine, epitoma chronicon (MGH auct. ant. 9, chronica minora 1:455); Rufinus , historia ecclesiastica 10.21, 28 (GCS 9.2:987-8, 991); Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.36, 3.5 (PG 67:301-2, 388); Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 4.9.3-4 , 5.12.1 (GCS 50:148, 210-11); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.15.4, 3.4.2 (GCS 19:129, 179); Epiphanius, Panarion 30.5.2 (GCS 25:339-40); CIL V 6722-3; Inscriptiones Christianae 1049-50 (Diehl);
Fl. Taurus Seleucus Cyrus (PLRE 2, Cyrus 7, 336-9; PCBE 3, Kyros 2, 604-8)
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from: 443 to: 450 Constantinopolis [Istanbul] Smyrna [Izmir] yes n/a Malalas, chronica 14.16 (Dindorf, 361-2); Chronicon paschale, anno 450, p. 587-9; Joannes of Nikiu, chronica 84.47-57, p. 339-40; Theophanes, AM 5937 (de Boor, 96-7); Nicephorus Callistus, historia ecclesiastica 14.46 (PG 146:1220A-B); Patria 3.111, p. 252; Leo the Grammarian, p. 110; Zonaras 13.22.47-52 (vol. 3:106); Cedrenus 1, p. 598-9; Suidas, Th 145 (vol. 2:695), K 2776 (vol. 3:220); vita Danielis Stylitis 31-6, p. 30-34; epitomai vitae Danielis Stylitis 4, 19, p. 97, 119; Simeon Metaphrastes, vita Danielis Stylites 19 (PG 116:993D); Anthologia Palatina 1.99 (vol. 1:38-9); John Lydus, de magistratibus 3.42, p. 198;
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)
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: 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
Ioannes Chrysostomos
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from: 404 to: 407 Constantinopolis [Istanbul] Kokousos [Göksun] no bishop 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)
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)
Irenaeus (PLRE 2, Irenaeus 2, 624-5)
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from: 435 to: 445 Constantinopolis [Istanbul] Petra [Petra] yes n/a ACO I.4:203 nos. 277-8
Liberius of Rome (PCBE 2, Liberius 1, 1297-8)
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from: 356 to: 358 Roma [Rome] Beroe [Stara Zagora] yes bishop ICUR, NS 9, 24831 Hilarius of Poitiers, coll. Antiar. Paris., B VII (CSEL 65:164-73) Eusebius of Vercelli, epistula 2.4.2 (CCSL 9:106) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 4.11 and 15 (NPNF) Theoderetus, historia ecclesiastica 2.17 (SC 501:412). Ammianus Marcellinus 15.7.6-10 Gesta inter Liberium et Felicem, collectio Avellana 1-3 (CSEL 35.1:1-2) Rufinus, historia ecclesiastica 10.23 and 28 (Mommsen, 988 and 990-91) Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.37.91-4 Liberius, epistula 3.1 (CCSL 9:123) Hieronymus, de viris illustribus 97 (TU 14.1:47) Athanasius, historia Arianorum 36-41 (Opitz 2.1:203-6) Athanasius, apologia contra Arianos 89 Liber Pontificalis 37 (MGH Gesta pontificum Romanorum 1:77-9) CLE 00787 = ICUR-09, 24831 (p 389) = ILCV 00967 (em) = AE 2007, +00127 Philostorgius, historia ecclesiastica 4.3
Lucifer of Cagliari (PCBE 2, Lucifer 1, 1324-8)
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from: 355 to: 362 Mediolan(i)um [Milan] Germanikeia [Kahramanmaraş] yes bishop Liberius, epistula 1-3, in: Eusebius of Vercelli, Appendix II B.1-2 (CCSL 9:122-3); Hilarius of Poitiers, Fragmentum historiarum, Appendix II A, VII; II B (CSEL 65:164-5, 187); Hilarius of Poitiers, de synodis 77 (PL 10:530); Hilarius of Poitiers, apologetica ad reprehensores libri de synodis 3 and 6 (PL 10:546-7); Florentius, epistula ad Luciferum and Lucifer of Cagliari, epistula ad Florentium (CCSL 8:305); Lucifer of Cagliari, epistula 3-4 and 6 (CCSL 8:306-10 and 316-18); Lucifer of Cagliari, epistula 7 (CCSL 8:319 = CCSL 9:120); Lucifer of Cagliari, de non conveniendo cum haereticis (CCSL 8:165-92); Lucifer of Cagliari, de Athanasio (CCSL 8:3-132); Lucifer of Cagliari, de regibus apostaticis (CCSL 8:135-61); Lucifer of Cagliari, moriundum esse pro Dei filio (CCSL 8:265-300); Rufinus, historia ecclesiastica 10.21, 28, 31 (GCS 9.2.2:987, 991, 994); Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.36, 3.5, 3.9 (PG 67:301, 388, 465); Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 3.15.7, 4.9.3-4, 5.12-13, 7.3.6 (GCS 50:126, 148, 210-12, 304); Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 2.15.4, 3.4.2 (GCS 19:129, 179); Athanasius, apologia ad Constantium 27 (SC 56:118-19); Athanasius, De fuga 4 (Opitz II.1:70-71); Athanasius, historia Arianorum 33-34 and 46 (Opitz II.1:201-2 and 210); Athanasius, tomus ad Antiochenus 9 (PG 26:808); Gesta inter Liberium et Felicem 1, collectio Avellana 1 (CSEL 35.1:1); Faustinus et Marcellinus, Libellus precum 22-23, 63, 85, 89, 109, collectio Avellana 2 (CSEL 35.1:12, 23, 31-2, 39); Hieronymus, chronica, ann. 355 (GCS 47:239-40); Hieronymus, de viris illustribus 95 (TU 14.1:53); Prosper of Aquitaine, epitoma chronicon, ann. 354 (MGH auct. ant. 9, chronica minora 1:455); Sulpicius Severus, chronica 2.39 (CSEL 1:92); Vita Dionysii 76 (AASS Mai. VI:46, BHL 2168); Faustinus et Marcellinus, libellus precum 84, 86, 88, 109, Collectio Avellana 2 (CSEL 35.1:30-31, 39); Photius, bibliotheca 258 (483a) (Henry, 94);
Nestorius
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from: 431 to: 450 Ephesus [Selçuk] Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] no bishop 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);
Osius of Cordoba
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from: 355 to: 357 Corduba [Córdoba] Sirmium [Sremska Mitrovica] yes bishop Athanasius, historia Arianorum 42-6 (Opitz 2.1:206-10) Athanasius, apologia ad Constantium 27 (SC 56:118-9) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 4.15 (NPNF) Collectio Avellana, epistula 2.32-5 (CSEL 35.1:15) https://archive.org/stream/epistulaeimperat01gnth#page/14/mode/2up
Paulus of Antioch
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from: 571 to: 572 Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] Monastery of the Abrahamites [n/a] unknown bishop Ioannes of Ephesus, historia ecclesiastica 1.17, 2.2 E.W. Brooks, 'The Patriarch Paul of Antioch and the Alexandrine schism’, Byzantinische Zeitschrift 30 (1929), 468-76
Paulus of Edessa
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from: 522 to: 526 Edessa [Şanlıurfa] Euchaita [Beyözü] yes bishop 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
Philoxenus of Hierapolis/Mabug
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from: 519 to: 523 Hierapolis/Mabbug [Manbij] Philippopolis [Plovdiv] no bishop Philoxenus, epistula ad monachos in Senun Halleux (CSCO 232. Scrpt. Syr. 99:76, 77-78) Chronicum Edessenum 87 (CSCO 1-2) https://archive.org/stream/chronicaminorapa00guid#page/8/mode/2up Zacharias, historia ecclesiastica 8.5 (CSCO 84:77-82, 88:52-57) Theophanes, AM 6011 (De Boor 165) Barhebraeus, chronicon ecclesiasticum 2.56 (Abbeloos & Lamy vol. 1 p. 196-7) https://archive.org/stream/BarHebraeusChroniconEcclesiasticumVol.1/GregoriiBarhebraeiChroniconEcclesiasticum#page/n137/mode/2up Chronicle of Zuqnin, Third part, 517-518 (Harrak, 50)
Photinus of Sirmium
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from: 351 to: 362 Sirmium [Sremska Mitrovica] yes bishop Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 2.29-30 (NPNF) Sozomenus, historia ecclesiastica 4.6, 15 (NPNF)
Possidius of Calama (PCBE 1, Possidius 1, 890-896)
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from: 437 to: -- Calama [Guelma] n/a bishop Prosper of Aquitaine, chronica, a. 437 (MGH auct. ant. 9:475-476)
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)
Rusticus
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from: 553 to: -- Roma [Rome] Antinoopolis [El Sheikh Ibada] unknown deacon Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 553.1 (MGH auct. ant. 11:203) Rusticus, contra Acephalos disputatio pr. (PL 67:1170B) ACO 2.3.3, XII-XXIII
Severus of Antioch
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from: 518 to: 538 Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] no bishop 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)
Theodoretus of Cyrrhus
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from: 444 to: 450 Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya] Cyrus [Duruca] n/a bishop Theodoret, epistula 79-83, 138
Victor of Tunnuna
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from: 555 to: 570 Aegimoeroe islands [Zembra Island] Alexandria [Alexandria] no n/a Victor of Tunnuna, chronica 555.2, 556.2, 565? (MGH auct. ant. 11:204-5)
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