Paul of Samosata
Patriarch of Antioch
b. c. 200 · d. 275
16th Patriarch of Antioch (Greek line)
Offices
Paul of Samosata was patriarch of Antioch from 260 to 268 and the originator of the Paulianist heresy named after him. He was a believer in monarchianism, a nontrinitarian doctrine; his teachings also reflect adoptionism.
Related people
- Demetrius of Antioch succeeded · inferred
Events
- Synod of Antioch 268
Places
- Samosata birth
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 2 claims — HE 7.27, 7.30; Synod of Antioch