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Person/Group Timotheus Aelurus of Alexandria ( view the social network for this person / group )
Exile Date 460 - ? (from: --/--/460 to: --/--/--)
Sources Gelasius, Gesta de nomine Acacii (CSEL 35, n. 99:446); Theodorus (Anagnostes) Lector, historia ecclesiastica 380 (GCS N.F. 3:107); Zacharias, historia ecclesiastica 4.7--12, 5.1 (CSCO 83:178-86, 109-211; CSCO 87:124, 128-129, 145); Evagrius, historia ecclesiastica 2.8-11 (SC 542:294); Theophanes, AM 5951-2 (De Boor: 111-112); Michael Syrus 9.1; Collectio Avellana 56.2 (CSEL 35:125); Liberatus, Breviarium 16 (ACO 2.5:125);

Locations view exile locations

Location of exile's previous office Alexandria [Alexandria]
Location exiled from Alexandria [Alexandria]
Location exiled to Gangra [Çankırı]
Location(s) arrived at Gangra [Çankırı]
Date of arrival 460 (from: --/--/460 to: --/--/--)
Relationship to location alien place
Type of location settlement
Reason for leaving moved by authorities
   
Location(s) arrived at Chersonesos [Sevastopol]
Date of arrival after 460 (from: --/--/460 to: --/--/--)
Relationship to location alien place
Type of location settlement
Reason for leaving n/a
Location(s) exile returned to
Location of office after return

Activities in Exile

Activities Related to Doctrine he wrote against heresy
Died in exile? unknown
Reason for death
Writings in Exile unknown

Legal details

Threat only no
Refuge from judicial proceedings no
Consequence of asylum no
Offenses exiled for/accused of
Legal type of exile exilium
Additional punishments
Intended duration permanent
Actual duration unknown
Notes on core legal details ACO: exilio relegatur
Returned? unknown
Reason for return
Deposed by synod? no
Synod deposed by
Returned by synod? unknown
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? unknown
Reason for death

Cult

Venerated as a saint? martyr
Date Date: Unknown
Notes Severus of Antioch, epistula 6.4.9, anno 537 Victor of Tunnuna, chronicon, ad annum 541
Cult site
Relics

Exile Relationships: Interactions

    Leo of Rome

  • Interaction Date 460 (from: --/--/-- to: --/--/--)
    Interaction Location Roma [Rome]
    Office Bishop of Rome
    Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
    Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile) cleric
    Relationship Quality conflict
    Notes
    Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
    Yes

    • Stilas

  • Interaction Date 460 (from: --/--/-- to: --/--/--)
    Interaction Location Alexandria [Alexandria]
    Office dux Aegypti
    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

    • Leo (emperor)

  • Interaction Date after 460 (from: --/--/-- to: --/--/--)
    Interaction Location
    Office Emperor
    Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
    Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile) cleric
    Relationship Quality support?
    Notes
    Correspondent Person/group appealed to
    Yes (receiver of letter) Yes

    • Timotheus Basilicus (Salophacialus)

  • Interaction Date 460 (from: --/--/460 to: --/--/--)
    Interaction Location Alexandria [Alexandria]
    Office Bishop
    Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
    Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile) cleric
    Relationship Quality conflict
    Notes
    Successor in post
    Yes

    • Gennadius of Constantinople

  • Interaction Date after 460 (from: --/--/460 to: --/--/--)
    Interaction Location Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
    Office Bishop
    Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
    Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile) cleric
    Relationship Quality conflict
    Notes Ps. Zach., HE IV, 11
    Responsible for moving exile to a different location
    Yes

    • Apollon (priest)

  • Interaction Date after 460 (from: --/--/460 to: --/--/--)
    Interaction Location Chersonesos [Sevastopol]
    Office presbyter
    Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
    Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile) cleric
    Relationship Quality support
    Notes Iohan. Ruf, Pleroph. XXVI; probably identical with Appius, priest from Caesarea, mentioned in Michael Syrus 8.26
    Visitor
    Yes

Other Relationships: Contacts of an exiled Person/Group's contacts'

    Person 1 Leo of Rome
    Person 2 Stilas
    Date 460 (from: --/--/460 to: --/--/--)
    Relationship Quality allegiance
    Notes Leo sends Stilas to banish Timotheus
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