Epiphanius of Salamis

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Epiphanius of Salamis was a 4th-century Christian bishop and Church Father known for his fierce opposition to heresies and his extensive heresiological work, the Panarion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian bishop ⓘ
Church Father ⓘ
heresiologist ⓘ
saint ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
birthDate c. 315 ⓘ
birthPlace Palestine ⓘ
near Eleutheropolis ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 4th century ⓘ
early 5th century ⓘ
church Christian Church ⓘ
deathDate 403 ⓘ
deathPlace at sea near Cyprus ⓘ
on a voyage from Constantinople ⓘ
denomination Nicene Christianity ⓘ
described more than 80 heresies in the Panarion ⓘ
feastDay 12 May ⓘ
fieldOfWork biblical exegesis ⓘ
heresy studies ⓘ
theology ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
influenced later Byzantine heresiology ⓘ
medieval catalogues of heresies ⓘ
knownFor Panarion, a compendium of heresies ⓘ
linked to: Panarion

heresiological writings ⓘ
opposition to heresies ⓘ
languageOfWork Greek ⓘ
notableWork Ancoratus ⓘ
On Weights and Measures ⓘ
Panarion ⓘ
opposedDoctrine Aetian and Eunomian Anomoeanism ⓘ
linked to: Eunomianism

Apollinarianism ⓘ
Arianism ⓘ
Manichaeism ⓘ
Marcionism ⓘ
Messalianism ⓘ
Origenism ⓘ
various Gnostic sects ⓘ
participatedIn controversies over Origen ⓘ
disputes in Constantinople under Theodosius I ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Salamis ⓘ
Metropolitan of Cyprus ⓘ
regionOfActivity Cyprus ⓘ
Eastern Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Palestine ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
supportedDoctrine Nicene Creed ⓘ
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marcionism → condemnedBy → Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Gnosticism → isDiscussedBy → Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Origenist controversy → notableFigure → Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Ophite sects → describedBy → Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Basilides → doctrinesKnownFrom → Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Ptolemy the Valentinian → knownFrom → Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Basilideanism → opposedBy → Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Maximilla → sourceMention → Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
New Prophecy → criticizedBy → Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Aquila of Sinope’s Greek translation → citedBy → Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Tetrapla → citedBy → Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Gospel of the Ebionites → quotedBy → Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) → associatedWithSaint → Saint Epiphanius of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Epiphanius of Salamis
Nazarenes → mentionedBy → Epiphanius of Salamis ⓘ
Epifanio → etymologicalRoot → Epiphanius ⓘ
linked to: Epiphanius of Salamis