Antioch
Episcopal see · Council site · School or library · Imperial capital
ancient Greek city in southern Turkey
Location: 36.2047, 36.1817 · Pleiades 658381
What this place is
- School or library — the Antiochene school — Lucian's circle, and then Diodore's ascetic school, where John Chrysostom and Theodore of Mopsuestia were taught to read scripture
- Imperial capital — the seat of the count of the East and the emperors' base for the Persian wars — Constantius resided here through the 340s and Julian in 362
Seat of
Who is recorded here
- Luke the Evangelist residence · AD 40
- Barnabas ministry · AD 43
- Paul the Apostle ministry · AD 43
- Mark the Evangelist travel · AD 44
- Paul the Apostle travel · AD 46
- Saint Peter residence · AD 47
- Barnabas residence · AD 48
- Paul the Apostle residence · AD 48
- Paul the Apostle travel · AD 49
- Evodius birth · AD 50
- Paul the Apostle residence · AD 52
- Paul the Apostle travel · AD 53
- Evodius death · AD 69
- Agabus death · AD 100
- Agabus birth · AD 100
- Cerinthus birth · AD 100
- Evaristus birth · AD 100
- Prochorus (deacon) death · AD 100
- Ignatius of Antioch travel · AD 107
- Theophilus of Antioch death · AD 183
- Babylas of Antioch death · AD 251
- Libanius birth · AD 314
- Flavian I of Antioch birth · AD 320
- Philogonius of Antioch death · AD 324
- Diodore of Tarsus birth · AD 330
- John Chrysostom birth · AD 349
- Theodore of Mopsuestia birth · AD 350
- Jerome residence · AD 374
- John Chrysostom ministry · AD 386
- Evagrius of Antioch death · AD 392
- Libanius death · AD 393
- Theodoret birth · AD 393
- Diodore of Tarsus death · AD 394
- Flavian II of Antioch birth · AD 401
- Flavian I of Antioch death · AD 404
- Stephen II of Antioch death · AD 479
- Peter the Fuller death · AD 488
- John of Antioch death · AD 500
- Peter the Fuller birth · AD 500
- Euphrasius of Antioch death · AD 526
- Anastasius I of Antioch death · AD 599
- Anastasius II of Antioch death · AD 609
- Gregory II of Antioch death · AD 620
- Anastasius III of Antioch death · AD 628
- John V birth · AD 635
- Macedonius of Antioch death · AD 640
- Athanasius of Balad death · AD 686
- Babylas of Antioch birth
- Calendion birth
- Calendion death
- Christopher of Antioch death
- Estêvão II de Antioquia death
- Estêvão II de Antioquia birth
- Joan II d'Antioquia birth
- Joan II d'Antioquia death
- Luke the Evangelist birth
- Manahen death
- Palladius death
- Palladius birth
- Paul the Apostle residence
and 3 more
What happened here
- The road from Antioch to Rome AD 107
- Theophilus succeeds Eros at Antioch AD 169
- Theophilus writes to Autolycus AD 180
- Clement carries Alexander's letter to Antioch AD 212
- Philip the Arab does penance at Easter AD 244
- Synod of Antioch AD 268
- Aurelian rules on the church building at Antioch AD 272
- Lucian and the school of Antioch AD 300
- Aetius teaches the Son is unlike the Father AD 356
- Diodore teaches at the asketerion in Antioch AD 369
- Theodore leaves the ascetic life and John's letter brings him back AD 371
- Theodoret writes the Ecclesiastical History AD 449
- Severus patriarch of Antioch, and deposed AD 512
- Fall of Antioch AD 637
In art
About the place
Antioch was a city located in northern Syria at the site of modern Antakya, Turkey. Founded in 300 BC, Antioch became one of the most important cities of the ancient eastern Mediterranean.
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