On Illustrious Men

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CUA Press, 1999 - Biography & Autobiography - 211 pages
Often cited as a source of biographical information on ancient Christian authors, On Illustrious Men provides St. Jerome's personal evaluations of his forebears and contemporaries, as well as catalogs of patristic writings known to him
 

Contents

Preface
1
Simon Peter
5
James the brother of the Lord
7
Matthew surnamed Levi
10
Jude the brother of James
11
Paul formerly called Saul
12
Barnabas surnamed Joseph
15
Mark the evangelist
17
Pamphilus the presbyter
107
Pierius the presbyter
108
Lucian the presbyter
109
Phileas the bishop
110
Firmianus the rhectorcian surnamed Lactantius
111
Eusebius the bishop
113
Reticius the bishop
115
Methodius the bishop
116

John the apostle and evangelist
19
Hermas
21
Philo the Jew
23
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
26
Josephus son of Matthew
28
Justus of Tiberias
30
Clement the bishop
31
Ignatius the bishop
32
Polycarp the bishop
35
Papias the bishop
36
Quadratus the bishop
39
Aristides the philosopher
40
Agrippa Castor
41
Hegesippus the historian
42
Justin the philosopher
43
Melito the bishop
46
Theophilus the bishop
48
Apollinaris the bishop
49
Dionysius the bishop
50
Pinytus the bishop
51
Philip the bishop
53
Musanus
54
Bardesanes the heresiarch
55
Victor the bishop
56
Irenaeus the bishop
57
Pantaenus the philosopher
59
Rhodo the disciple of Tatian
60
Clement the presbyter
61
Miltiades
64
Serapion the bishop
66
Apollonius the senator another one
67
Theophilus another bishop
68
Polycrates the bishop
69
Heraclitus
70
Maximus
71
Apion
72
Arabianus
73
Tertullian the presbyter
74
Origen surnamed Adamantius the presbyter
77
Ammonius
82
Ambrose the deacon
83
Trypho the pupil of Origen
84
Gaius
85
Beryllus the bishop
86
Hippolytus the bishop
87
Alexander the bishop
90
Julius the African
91
Geminus the presbyter
92
Theodorus surnamed Gregory the bishop
93
Cornelius the bishop
94
Cyprian the bishop
95
Pontius the deacon
98
Novatian the heresiarch
102
Malchion the presbyter
103
Archelaus the bishop
104
Anatolius the bishop
105
Juvencus the presbyter
117
Eustathius the bishop
118
Marcellus the bishop
119
Athanasius the bishop
120
Antony the monk
122
Theodorus the bishop
123
Eusebius another bishop
124
Triphylius the bishop
125
Asterius the philosopher
127
Eusebius another bishop
128
Fortunatianus the bishop
129
Acacius the bishop
130
Serapion the bishop
131
Hilary the bishop
132
Victorinus the rhetorician
135
Titus the bishop
136
Damasus the bishop
137
Apollinaris the bishop
138
Gregory the bishop
139
Pacian the bishop
140
Phoebadius the bishop
141
Didymus the Blind
142
Optatus the bishop
144
Acilius Severus the senator
145
Cyril the bishop
146
Euzoius the bishop
147
Epiphanius the bishop
148
Ephrem the deacon
149
Basil another bishop
150
Gregory another bishop
151
Lucius the bishop
153
Diodore the bishop
154
Eunomius the heresiarch
155
Priscillian the bishop
156
Latronianus
157
Ambrose the bishop
158
Evagrius the bishop
159
Ambrose the disciple of Didymus
160
Another Gregory also a bishop
161
John the presbyter
162
Gelasius the bishop
163
Theotimus the bishop
164
Dexter son of Pacian now praetorian prefect
165
Sophronius
166
Jerome the presbyter
167
Origen
175
Tertullian
178
Cyprian
185
Ambrose
187
Chronology
190
Alphabetical List
193
Index of Proper Names
197
Index of Greek Terms
202
Index to the Fathers of the Church Series
204
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