Exile Case

Here you will find information about an individual exile case and links which enable you to view exile locations on a map as well as visualise the relationships between people and groups using a network diagram.

Person/Group	Philoxenus of Hierapolis/Mabug ( view the social network for this person / group )
Exile Date	519 - 523 (from: --/--/519 to: --/--/523)
Sources	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)

Locations view exile locations

Location of exile's previous office	Hierapolis/Mabbug [Manbij]
Location exiled from	Hierapolis/Mabbug [Manbij]
Location exiled to	Philippopolis [Plovdiv]
Location(s) arrived at	Philippopolis [Plovdiv]
Date of arrival	519 (from: --/--/519 to: --/--/--)
Relationship to location	alien place
Type of location	settlement
Reason for leaving	moved by authorities

Location(s) arrived at	Gangra [Çankırı]
Date of arrival	after 519 (from: --/--/519 to: --/--/--)
Relationship to location	alien place
Type of location	settlement,hospice
Reason for leaving	n/a
Location(s) exile returned to
Location of office after return
Notes	the order in which he came to these places is unclear. Whether he was in Gangra at all is also debated. Philox., Epist. Monach. Senun, p. 93-94 relates that his incarceration occurred in Philoppopolis rather than in Gangra.

Activities in Exile

Activities Related to Doctrine
Died in exile?	yes
Reason for death	murdered/suffocation from fume
Writings in Exile	yes

Title of writing	letter to the monks of Senoun
Genre	correspondence
Extant?	yes

Legal details

Threat only	no
Refuge from judicial proceedings	no
Consequence of asylum	no
Offenses exiled for/accused of	Manichaeism, Connection to Nestorianism
Legal type of exile	exilium
Additional punishments
Intended duration	permanent
Actual duration	permanent
Returned?	no
Reason for return
Deposed by synod?	no
Synod deposed by
Returned by synod?	n/a
Synod returned by

Religious status, office and affiliation

Religious status before exile	clerical
Religious status during exile	??
Religious status after return	n/a
Clerical or ascetic office before exile	bishop
Clerical or ascetic office during exile
Clerical or ascetic office after return	n/a
Enforced rank change?	n/a
Religious affiliation before exile
Religious affiliation during exile
Religious affiliation after return

Died in exile?	yes
Reason for death	murdered/suffocation from fume

Cult

Venerated as a saint?	martyr
Date	Date: Unknown
Notes	F. Rilliet, Filoxeno, p. 883
Cult site
Relics

Exile Relationships: Interactions

Iustinus

Interaction Date	519 (from: --/--/519 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Emperor
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict
Notes

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

The bishop of Gangra

Interaction Date	after 519 (from: --/--/519 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Gangra [Çankırı]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	conflict
Notes

Guard
Yes

Monks of Senoun

Interaction Date	after 519 (from: --/--/519 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Monk
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	ascetic
Relationship Quality	support
Notes	I couldn't identify the place, perhaps Sinou? http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/531097

Correspondent
Yes (receiver of letter)

Bishop of Philippopolis

Interaction Date	519 (from: --/--/519 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Philippopolis [Plovdiv]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	conflict
Notes	Philoxenus asked to be jailed rather than endure the guardianship of the bishopPhilox., Epist. Monach. Senun, p. 93-94

Guard
Yes

Companions, including a priest

Interaction Date	519 (from: --/--/519 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Philippopolis [Plovdiv]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support
Notes	Philox., Epist. Monach. Senun, p. 93-94; Id., Epist. Monach. Orientalis, fr. 2, p. 206

Companion
Yes

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