Epiphanius of Salamis
4th century Christian bishop and saint
b. c. 315 · d. May 403
2nd Archbishop of Cyprus · c. 368–c. 403
Offices
- Archbishop of Cyprus № 2 · c. 368 – c. 403
Epiphanius of Salamis was the bishop of Salamis, Cyprus, at the end of the 4th century. He is considered a saint and a Church Father by the Eastern Orthodox, Catholic Churches, and some Presbyterians. He gained a reputation as a strong defender of orthodoxy. He is best known for composing the Panarion, a compendium of eighty heresies, which also included pagan religions and philosophical systems. There has been much controversy over how many of the quotations attributed to him by the Byzantine Iconoclasts were actually by him. Regardless of this, he was clearly strongly against some contemporary uses of images in the church.
Related people
- Athanasius of Alexandria influenced by · traditional
- John disciple of Epiphanius teacher of · traditional
Works
- Panarion
- Ancoratus 374
- On Weights and Measures
- Chronicle 4th century
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Besanduk birth
- Mediterranean Sea death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- De Viris Illustribus 2 claims — DVI 114; Epiphanius writes the Panarion
- Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — HE 6.10
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus II, col. 1043 sqq. — Ecclesia Cypri