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John of Ephesus (or of Asia) (Greek: Ίωάννης ό Έφέσιος, Classical Syriac: ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ, c. 507 – c. 588 AD) was a leader of the early Syriac Orthodox Church in the sixth century and one of the earliest and the most important historians to write in Syriac. John of Ephesus was a bishop, but John was more important than ...
Cyprian (/ ˈ s ɪ p r i ən /; Latin: Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus; c. 210 to 14 September 258 AD [1]) was a bishop of Carthage and an early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant.
Pope Leo I confirmed the primacy of the bishop of Carthage in 446: "Indeed, after the Roman Bishop, the leading Bishop and metropolitan for all Africa is the Bishop of Carthage." [15] [16] [17] In 454, Deogratias was ordained bishop of Carthage. He died at the end of 457 or the beginning of 458, and Carthage remained without a bishop for ...
Epaentus was a convert to Christianity in Ephesus. In the lists of the seventy disciples by the Pseudo-Dorotheus and Pseudo-Hippolytus, Epaenetus figures as Bishop of Carthage or Cartagena. [3] The Greek Orthodox Church remembers Epenetus on January 4 [4] among the Seventy, and on July 30 with Apostles Silas and Silvanus, Crescens, and ...
Epænetus, bishop of Carthage; Andronicus, bishop of Pannonia; Amplias, bishop of Odessus; Urban, bishop of Macedonia; Stachys, bishop of Byzantium; Barnabas, bishop of Heraclea; Phygellus, bishop of Ephesus. He was of the party also of Simon; Hermogenes. He, too, was of the same mind with the former; Demas, who also became a priest of idols ...
Cyprian (c. 200 – 258) was bishop of Carthage and an important early Christian writer. He was born in North Africa, probably at the beginning of the 3rd century, perhaps at Carthage, where he received an excellent classical education. After converting to Christianity, he became a bishop and eventually died a martyr at Carthage.
The bishops at Cyril's council outnumbered those at John of Antioch's council by nearly four to one. In addition, they had the agreement of the papal legates and the support of the population of Ephesus who supported their bishop, Memnon. [citation needed] However, Count Candidian and his troops supported Nestorius as did Count Irenaeus.
Saint Abramius of Ephesus, Bishop of Ephesus ... Africanus, Maximus, Pompeius, and 36 others, at Carthage (250) [1 ... New Hieromartyr John Vilensky, Priest of ...