Eros of Antioch

Bishop and Patriarch of Antioch from c.154 to c.169

Eros of Antioch was Bishop and Patriarch of Antioch from about 154 AD until c. 169 AD.[1] Eusebius puts his reign from the fifth year of Antoninus Pius[2] and his successor Theophilus of Antioch as dating from the ninth year of Marcus Aurelius. Jerome says his rule began in 142 AD[3] though this is doubted.[4]

We know nothing of his bishopric,[5] though his was a time of great persecution of the church generally.[6]

References

  1. ^ Patriarchs of Antioch.
  2. ^ Eusebius, Hist Ecc.4.20.I.
  3. ^ Jerome, Chron, 199.
  4. ^ St. Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch, Confessor.
  5. ^ [The Rulers of the Church of Antioch].
  6. ^ Glanville Downey, History of Antioch (Princeton University Press, 2015) p. 300.
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Preceded by
Cornelius of Antioch
 Patriarch of Antioch
154–169 		Succeeded by
Theophilus of Antioch
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