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Person/Group Irenaeus (PLRE 2, Irenaeus 2, 624-5) ( view the social network for this person / group )
Exile Date 435 - before 445 (from: --/--/435 to: --/--/445)
Exile Date Notes he became bishop of Tyre in c. 445
Sources ACO I.4:203 nos. 277-8

Locations view exile locations

Location of exile's previous office Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Location exiled from Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Location exiled to Petra [Petra]
Location(s) arrived at Petra [Petra]
Date of arrival 435 (from: --/--/435 to: --/--/--)
Relationship to location alien place
Type of location city
Reason for leaving unknown
Location(s) exile returned to Tyrus [Tyre]
Location of office after return Tyrus [Tyre]
Notes It is not known whether or not he went from his exile in Petra directly to Tyre.

Activities in Exile

Activities Related to Doctrine
Died in exile? no
Reason for death
Writings in Exile yes
   
Title of writing History of the Nestorian controversy
Genre church history
Extant? partly
Notes extant only in a sixth-century Latin version and incomplete: ACO I.4, praef. X-15, index, p. 250-51
   

Legal details

Threat only no
Refuge from judicial proceedings no
Consequence of asylum no
Offenses exiled for/accused of Nestorianism
Legal type of exile exilium
Additional punishments property confiscation
Intended duration permanent
Actual duration c. 10 years
Returned? yes
Reason for return consecrated as bishop
Notes on return He later opposed Nestorianism: ACO I.4:181
Deposed by synod? no
Synod deposed by
Returned by synod? unknown
Synod returned by

Religious status, office and affiliation

Religious status before exile lay
Religious status during exile ??
Religious status after return clerical
Clerical or ascetic office before exile
Clerical or ascetic office during exile
Clerical or ascetic office after return bishop
Enforced rank change? yes
Notes on clerical and ascetic office he was comes (east) before exile
Religious affiliation before exile Nestorian
Religious affiliation during exile
Religious affiliation after return
Died in exile? no

Cult

Venerated as a saint? No
Date (from: --/--/-- to: --/--/--)
Cult site
Relics

Exile Relationships: Interactions

    Theodosius II

  • Interaction Date 435 (from: --/--/435 to: --/--/--)
    Interaction Location Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
    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

    • Flavius Anthemius Isidorus

  • Interaction Date 435 (from: --/--/435 to: --/--/--)
    Interaction Location Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
    Office praefectus urbis Constantinopolitanae
    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

    • Photius

  • Interaction Date 435 - before 445 (from: --/--/435 to: --/--/445)
    Interaction Location Petra [Petra]
    Office
    Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
    Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile) unknown
    Relationship Quality support?
    Notes
    Companion
    Yes

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