Heraclides of Ephesus
bishop of Ephesus
b. 4th century · d. 5th century
7th Metropolitan of Ephesus
Offices
Heraclides was a native of Cyprus who served as a deacon under John Chrysostom. He had previously lived as a monk at Scetis and was a disciple of the monk Evagrius Ponticus. After the death of the bishop of Ephesus, John ordained Heraclides as bishop of that city.
Related people
- Apollonius of Ephesus succeeded · inferred
- Memnon of Ephesus preceded · inferred
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, col. 671 sqq. — Provincia Asia, Ecclesia Ephesi metropolis