Ancient Times
260 AD: Dionysius of Alexandria - was denounced at Rome for calling Jesus a "creature of God." Later (likely due to pressure), he recanted.
336 AD: Arius - claimed to have been murdered by a mob in the streets of Constantinople shortly after Constantine I's death. However other accounts suggest that he was poisoned or that he was not murdered at all (see the article on Arius).
339 AD: Eusebius of Caesarea - is suspected to have been murdered; his Ecclesiastical History ends abruptly with the death of Constantine I. In any case he was definitely excommunicated
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