Hegesippus
Also: Hegesippus the Nazarene, Saint Hegesippus
Born perhaps between 100 and 120; the place is not known. Died perhaps between 180 and 192; the place is not known.
A second-century Christian writer who travelled from the East to Rome and wrote five books of Memoirs against the Gnostics, of which only fragments remain.
Wrote in Greek.
Places lived
- 150 to 166Corinthus (now Ancient Corinth, Greece)visitedyears not sure, place probable
- 155 to 175Roma (now Rome, Italy)livedyears not sure, place probable
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.
- Memoirs (fragments)Pieces of five books against the Gnostics, with the oldest stories of James the Just and the family of Jesus; kept by Eusebius.2,573 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born not sure
- Inferred from his journey to Rome under Anicetus (about 155-166), Eusebius, Church History 4.22; the corpus folder says c. 110
- Place of birth not known
- Eusebius, Church History 4.22.8 infers a Jewish Christian from the East; no town is named
Often said to be Palestine; this is an inference from his use of Hebrew and Syriac sources. - Died not sure
- Chronicon Paschale: died under Commodus (180-192); cited in Quasten, Patrology vol. 1 and Catholic Encyclopedia, https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07194a.htm
- Place of death not known
- No ancient source names the place; Quasten, Patrology vol. 1
- Corinthus, years not sure
- Eusebius, Church History 4.22.2: he stayed many days at Corinth, under bishop Primus, on the way to Rome
- Corinthus, place probable
- Eusebius, Church History 4.22.2
- Roma, years not sure
- Eusebius, Church History 4.11.7 and 4.22.3: he came under Anicetus (about 155-166) and was there to the time of Eleutherus (from about 174)
- Roma, place probable
- Eusebius, Church History 4.22.3