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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Label Occurrences
Epiphanius of Salamis canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian bishop
Church Father
heresiologist
saint
theologian
birthDate c. 315
birthPlace Palestine NERFINISHED
near Eleutheropolis
centuryOfActivity 4th century
early 5th century
church Christian Church NERFINISHED
deathDate 403
deathPlace at sea near Cyprus
on a voyage from Constantinople
denomination Nicene Christianity NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
heresiological writings
opposition to heresies
languageOfWork Greek
notableWork Ancoratus NERFINISHED
On Weights and Measures NERFINISHED
Panarion NERFINISHED
opposedDoctrine Aetian and Eunomian Anomoeanism NERFINISHED
Apollinarianism NERFINISHED
Arianism NERFINISHED
Manichaeism NERFINISHED
Marcionism NERFINISHED
Messalianism NERFINISHED
Origenism NERFINISHED
various Gnostic sects
participatedIn controversies over Origen
disputes in Constantinople under Theodosius I
positionHeld Bishop of Salamis
Metropolitan of Cyprus NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Cyprus NERFINISHED
Eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Palestine NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
supportedDoctrine Nicene Creed NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Marcionism condemnedBy Epiphanius of Salamis
Gnosticism isDiscussedBy Epiphanius of Salamis
Origenist controversy notableFigure Epiphanius of Salamis