Fathers
- Criterion for inclusion: quoted or alluded to text of NT in writing, in copies of own work, or cited so by others.
- Name: historically most common form in English.
- Location: anglicised name of the city with which they are associated, sometimes a monastery, other times a province if location is imprecise. Name at time of writing, hence Byzantium and Constantinople, but never Istanbul. Some Fathers moved around, noted as: itinerant (Latin) or peripatetic (Greek).
- Date of Death (DOD): standard point of reference, differing levels of precision, different scholastic opinions. Where a Father is only known to within a century, the midpoint is given first, to allow sorting on the column, the century follows in roman numerals within parentheses.
- Language: Greek, Latin or Syriac. Typically Western Europe, Italy and North Africa were home to Latin Fathers; Greece, Asia Minor, Palestine and Egypt were home to Greek Fathers. Some Fathers worked with both Greek and Latin.
| Name | Location | DOD | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acacius | Caesarea | 366 | Greek |
| Adamantius | Alexandria | 300 | Greek |
| Africanus | Jerusalem | 240 | Greek |
| Alexander | Alexandria | 328 | Greek |
| Ambrose | Milan | 397 | Latin |
| Ammonius | Alexandria | 250 (III) | Greek |
| Ammonius | Alexandria | 450 (V) | Greek |
| Amphilochius | Iconium | 394 | Greek |
| Anastasius | Sinai | 750 (VIII?) | Greek |
| Anastasius | Antioch | 700 | Greek |
| Andrew | Caesarea | 614 | Greek |
| Andrew | Crete | 740 | Greek |
| Ansbert | Rouen | 750 (VIII) | Latin |
| Anthony | Padua | 1231 | Latin |
| Antiochus | Mar Saba | 614 | Greek |
| Aphraates | Assyria | 367 | Syriac |
| Apollinaris | Laodicea | 380 | Greek |
| Apringius | Beja | 551 | Latin |
| Arethas | Caesarea | 914 | Greek |
| Aristides | Athens | 150 (II) | Greek |
| Arius | Alexandria | 336 | Greek |
| Arnobius | Gaul | 460 | Latin |
| Athanasius | Alexandria | 373 | Greek |
| Athenagoras | Athens | 150 (II) | Greek |
| Augustine | Hippo | 430 | Latin |
| Basil | Caesarea | 379 | Greek |
| Beatus | Liébana | 786 | Latin |
| Bede | Northumbria | 735 | Latin |
| Caelestinus | Rome | 350 (IV) | Latin |
| Caesarius | Arles | 542 | Latin |
| Caesarius | Nazianzus | 369 | Greek |
| Carpocrates | Alexandria | 150 (II) | Greek |
| Cassian | Itinerant | 435 | Latin |
| Cassiodorus | Scylletium | 580 | Latin |
| Chromatius | Aquileia | 407 | Latin |
| Claudius | Turin | 850 (IX) | Latin |
| Clement | Alexandria | 215 | Greek |
| Cyprian | Carthage | 258 | Latin |
| Cyril | Alexandria | 444 | Greek |
| Cyril | Jerusalem | 386 | Greek |
| Diadochus | Photiki | 468 | Greek |
| Didymus | Alexandria | 398 | Greek |
| Dionysius | Alexandria | 265 | Greek |
| Ephraem | Syria | 373 | Syriac |
| Epiphanius | Salamis | 403 | Greek |
| Eugippus | Naples | 533 | Latin |
| Eulogius | Alexandria | 607 | Greek |
| Eusebius | Caesarea | 339 | Greek |
| Eustathius | Antioch | 337 | Greek |
| Euthalius | Alexandria | 450 (V) | Greek |
| Faustus | Riez | 490 | Latin |
| Faustus | Milevum | 400 (IV-V) | Latin |
| Fulgentius | Ruspe | 533 | Latin |
| Gaudentius | Brescia | 406 | Latin |
| Gelasius | Cyzicus | 475 | Greek |
| Gennadius | Massilia | 505 | Latin |
| Gennadius | Constantinople | 471 | Greek |
| Gildas | Rhuys | 570 | Latin |
| Gregory | Elvira | 392 | Latin |
| Gregory | Nazianzus | 390 | Greek |
| Gregory | Nyssa | 394 | Greek |
| Gregory | Neocaesarea | 270 | Greek |
| Hilary | Pictavium | 367 | Latin |
| Hippolytus | Rome | 235 | Latin |
| Ignatius | Antioch | 110 | Greek |
| Irenaeus | Lugdunum | 202 | Latin |
| Isidore | Pelusium | 435 | Greek |
| Jacob | Nisibis | 338 | Syriac |
| Jerome | Stridonium | 420 | Latin |
| John | Damascus | 749 | Greek |
| Julian | Eclanum | 454 | Latin |
| Julius I | Rome | 352 | Latin |
| Justin | Flavia Neapolis | 165 | Greek |
| Juvencus | Hispania | 330 | Latin |
| Leo | Tuscany | 461 | Latin |
| Leontius | Byzantium | 550 (VI) | Greek |
| Lucifer | Cagliari | 370 | Latin |
| Macarius Magnes | Magnesia | 400 | Greek |
| Marius Mercator | Itinerant | 450 (V) | Latin |
| Maternus | Cologne | 348 | Latin |
| Nestorius | Constantinople | 451 | Greek |
| Nonnus | Panopolis | 431 | Greek |
| Novatian | Rome | 250 (III) | Latin |
| Oecumenius | Trika | 550 (VI) | Greek |
| Optatus | Milevum | 385 | Latin |
| Origen | Alexandria | 254 | Greek |
| Orosius | Gallaecia | 418 | Latin |
| Orsisius | Tabenna | 380 | Greek |
| Pacian | Barcelona | 392 | Latin |
| Paulinus | Nola | 431 | Latin |
| Pelagius | Itinerant | 412 | Latin |
| Palladius | Leinster | 431 | Latin |
| Pamphilus | Caesarea | 310 | Greek |
| Papias | Hierapolis | 150 (II) | Greek |
| Photius | Constantinople | 895 | Greek |
| Pierius | Alexandria | 309 | Greek |
| Polycarp | Smyrna | 156 | Greek |
| Porphyry | Gaza | 250 (III) | Greek |
| Possidius | Calama | 450 (V) | Latin |
| Primasius | Hadrumetum | 552 | Latin |
| Priscillian | Ávila | 385 | Latin |
| Proclus | Constantinople | 446 | Greek |
| Procopius | Gaza | 538 | Greek |
| Ptolemy | Alexandria | 150 (II) | Greek |
| Rufinus | Aquileia | 410 | Latin |
| Rupert | Liège | 1135 | Latin |
| Salvian | Gaul | 480 | Latin |
| Sedulius | Hibernia | 850 (IX) | Latin |
| Serapion | Thmuis | 362 | Greek |
| Severian | Jableh | 408 | Greek |
| Severus | Antioch | 538 | Greek |
| Socrates | Constantinople | 439 | Greek |
| Sozomen | Constantinople | 450 | Greek |
| Sulpicius | Gaul | 420 | Latin |
| Synesius | Cyrene | 414 | Greek |
| Tatian | Antioch | 150 (II) | Greek |
| Tertullian | Carthage | 220 | Latin |
| Theodore | Mopsuestia | 428 | Greek |
| Theodore | Heraclea | 358 | Greek |
| Theodore | Constantinople | 826 | Greek |
| Theodoret | Antioch | 466 | Greek |
| Theodotus | Byzantium | 150 (II) | Greek |
| Theodotus | Ancyra | 445 | Greek |
| Theophilus | Antioch | 180 | Greek |
| Theophylact | Moesia | 1077 | Latin |
| Theotecnus | Caesarea | 250 (III) | Greek |
| Titus | Bostra | 378 | Greek |
| Tyconius | Africa | 380 | Latin |
| Valentinians | Italy | 150 (II) | Latin |
| Valentinus | Alexandria | 160 | Greek |
| Valerian | Cimiez | 460 | Latin |
| Victor | Antioch | 450 (V) | Greek |
| Victor | Tunis | 566 | Latin |
| Victor-Vita | Africa | 489 | Latin |
| Victorinus | Pettau | 304 | Latin |
| Victorinus | Rome | 362 | Latin |
| Vigilius | Africa/Thrace | 484 | Latin |
| Zeno | Verona | 372 | Latin |
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