Asclepiades of Antioch
Patriarch of Antioch from 211 to 217
b. 2nd century · d. 217
10th Patriarch of Antioch (Greek line)
Offices
Asclepiades of Antioch called the Confessor, was Patriarch of Antioch from 211 until his death. He succeeded Serapion as Patriarch of Antioch in 211. He was given the title of martyr, due to the trials he endured during Roman persecution.
Related people
- Serapion of Antioch succeeded · inferred
- Philetus of Antioch preceded · inferred
Events
Commemorated
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 2 claims — HE 6.11; Clement carries Alexander's letter to Antioch