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Exile Date

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Returned

Relationships

Office

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Eusebius of Samosata (male) late fourth century, died c. 379 (from: --/--/360 to: --/--/379)
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c. 373 - 378 (from: --/--/373 to: --/--/378)

Samosata [Samsat]

Thracia [Thrace]

yes

Flavius Valens

Interaction Date	c. 373 (from: --/--/373 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

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Emperor (c. 373)

Lucius of Alexandria

Interaction Date	c. 373 (from: --/--/373 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Alexandria [Alexandria]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)	Arian
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Bishop (c. 373)

Imperial messenger

Interaction Date	c. 373 (from: --/--/-- to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Samosata [Samsat]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	unknown
Relationship Quality	conflict?

Messenger
Yes

(c. 373)

Slave of Eusebius of Samosata

Interaction Date	c. 373 (from: --/--/373 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Zeugma [Belkis]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support

Companion
Yes

(c. 373)

friends of Eusebius of Samosata

Interaction Date	c. 373 (from: --/--/373 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Zeugma [Belkis]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	unknown
Relationship Quality	support

Visitor	Giver of benefaction to exile
Yes	Yes (money, other, gold, silver, clothes, servants)

(c. 373)

Eunomius of Samosata

Interaction Date	c. 373 (from: --/--/373 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Samosata [Samsat]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	conflict

Successor in post
Yes

Bishop (c. 373)

Basilius of Caesarea

Interaction Date	c. 373 (from: --/--/373 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Caesarea [Kayseri]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Other Interaction Type
Yes (mentions Eusebius in letter)

Interaction Date	376-377 (from: --/--/376 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Caesarea [Kayseri]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Correspondent
Yes (writer of letter)

Bishop (c. 373)
Bishop (376-377)

Otreius of Melitene

Interaction Date	c. 373 (from: --/--/373 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Melitene [Malatya]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Other Interaction Type
Yes (asked by Basilius to send news about Eusebius)

Bishop (c. 373)

Paulus the deacon or presbyter

Interaction Date	377 (from: --/--/377 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Thracia [Thrace]
Office	Deacon
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Visitor
Yes

Deacon (377)

Gregorius of Nazianzus

Interaction Date	c. 373 (from: --/--/373 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Cappadocia [Cappadocia]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Correspondent
Yes (receiver of letter, writer of letter)

Interaction Date	375 (from: --/--/-- to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Nazianzos [Nenizi]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Correspondent
Yes (writer of letter)

Bishop (c. 373)
Bishop (375)

Eupraxius

Interaction Date	c. 373 (from: --/--/373 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Cappadocia [Cappadocia]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	unknown
Relationship Quality	support

Visitor
Yes

(c. 373)

Leontius

Interaction Date	375 (from: --/--/375 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Nicaea [Iznik]
Office	peraequator
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	unknown
Relationship Quality	support

Messenger
Yes

peraequator (375)

Sophronius

Interaction Date	375 (from: --/--/375 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	unknown
Relationship Quality	support

Messenger
Yes

(375)

Mare of Doliche

Interaction Date	378 (from: --/--/-- to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Doliche [Dülük]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	support

Receiver of benefaction from exile
Yes

Bishop (378)

Domnica

Interaction Date	c. 373 (from: --/--/373 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Empress
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)	Arian
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Empress (c. 373)

Eudoxius of Antioch

Interaction Date	c. 373 (from: --/--/373 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)	Arian
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Bishop (c. 373)

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;

two presbyters and three deacons (male) mid fourth century (from: --/--/343 to: --/--/345)
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before 343 - c. 345 (from: --/--/343 to: --/--/345)

Alexandria [Alexandria]

Armenia [Armenia]

yes

Constantius II

Interaction Date	before 343 - c. 345 (from: --/--/343 to: --/--/345)
Interaction Location
Office	Emperor
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support, conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)	Responsible for return
Yes	Yes

Emperor (before 343 - c. 345)

Athanasius, Historia Arianorum 15.4, 18.3, 21.1 (Opitz 2:190, 192, 194)

Meletius of Antioch (male) mid/late fourth century, died 381 (from: --/--/357 to: --/--/381)
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371/2 - c. 378 (from: --/--/371 to: --/--/378)

Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya]

Armenia [Armenia]

yes

Flavius Valens

Interaction Date	378 (from: --/--/378 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Emperor
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	support

Responsible for return
Yes

Emperor (378)

supporters of Meletius in Antioch

Interaction Date	c. 381 (from: --/--/381 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Antiochia/Theoupolis [Antakya]
Office
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	unknown
Relationship Quality	support

Responsible Relic
Yes

(c. 381)

Domnica

Interaction Date	371/2 (from: --/--/372 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location
Office	Empress
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)	Arian
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Empress (371/2)

Eudoxius of Antioch

Interaction Date	371/2 (from: --/--/372 to: --/--/--)
Interaction Location	Constantinopolis [Istanbul]
Office	Bishop
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)	Arian
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	cleric
Relationship Quality	conflict

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)
Yes

Bishop (371/2)

Socrates, historia ecclesiastica 5.5 (NPNF) Theodoret, historia ecclesiastica 4.12-13 (NPNF)

Mar Aba I (male) mid sixth century, died 2/552 (from: --/--/540 to: --/2/552)
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c. 544 - c. 551 (from: --/--/544 to: --/--/551)

Ctesiphon [Al-Mada'in]

Adurbadagan [Iranian Azerbaijan]

yes

Chosroes I

Interaction Date	c. 544 - c. 551 (from: --/--/544 to: --/--/551)
Interaction Location
Office	Sasanian king
Religious Affiliation (at time of relationship with exile)
Religious Status (at time of relationship with exile)	lay
Relationship Quality	conflict, support?

Responsible for exile (or exile threat)	Responsible for return
Yes	Yes

Sasanian king (c. 544 - c. 551)

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

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