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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