Hippolytus of Rome

Also: Hippolytus

Born perhaps between 165 and 175; the place is not known. Died probably between 235 and 236, perhaps in Sardinia, Italy.

A learned priest at Rome who quarrelled with the bishops of the city. He was sent to the mines of Sardinia and died there.

Wrote in Greek. A major author.

Places lived

200 to 235Roma (now Rome, Italy)priestyears probable, place probableScholars dispute if all the works under this name are by one man, and if he was a rival bishop.
235 to 236Sardinia, Italyexileyears probable, place not sure

10 works, in the order they were written. 9 works can be read here.

On Christ and Antichristc. 200 · perhaps in Roma (now Rome, Italy) · treatiseWhat the Scriptures say about the Antichrist and the end.13,677 words
Against Noetusc. 200 to 230 · perhaps in Roma (now Rome, Italy) · homilyA sermon against Noetus, who said that the Father himself suffered.11,627 words
Apostolic Traditionc. 215 · by tradition in Roma (now Rome, Italy) · church orderA church manual with the oldest full prayers for ordination, baptism and the Eucharist.not yet on the site
Commentary on the Song of Songs (fragments)about 200 to 235 · place not known · commentaryA few lines of the oldest Christian commentary on the Song of Songs; the whole survives only in Georgian.422 words
Exegetical and Dogmatic Fragmentsabout 200 to 235 · place not known · fragmentsThe ANF collection of pieces from his Bible commentaries and doctrinal works; some are of doubtful origin.30,344 words
Commentary on Danielc. 202 to 204 · perhaps in Roma (now Rome, Italy) · commentaryThe oldest Christian Bible commentary that survives whole.15,430 words
Paschal Table222 · probably in Roma (now Rome, Italy) · calendarA table of Easter dates for 112 years, cut on the side of a statue found at Rome in 1551; the corpus file is the ANF note about it, not the table.904 words
Refutation of All Heresiesc. 222 to 235 · probably in Roma (now Rome, Italy) · treatiseTen books that trace each heresy back to a Greek philosopher.136,358 words

These texts are about this person, hold what this person said, or carry this name without good reason. Each page says which.

Against Beron and Helix (fragments) not by this authorfifth to seventh century · place not known · treatiseEight pieces on the two natures of Christ; they carry the name of Hippolytus, and they were written long after he died.3,106 words
On the End of the World (Pseudo-Hippolytus) not by this authorseventh to ninth century · place not known · homilyA later sermon on Antichrist and the Last Judgment that reworks Hippolytus's real book On Christ and Antichrist and borrows from the Greek Ephrem.15,293 words

How we know the dates and places

Born not sure: No ancient source. Scholars say about 170. See Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd ed. rev. (2005), 'Hippolytus'.
Place of birth not known: No ancient source names a place. He wrote Greek, so many think he came from the East.
Died probable: Chronography of 354, Liberian Catalogue (sent to Sardinia in 235 with Bishop Pontian)
Place of death not sure: Chronography of 354, Liberian Catalogue
The source names the island only.
Roma, years probable: Refutation of All Heresies 9 (his fight with Zephyrinus and Callistus at Rome); Eusebius, Church History 6.20 and 6.22
Roma, place probable: Refutation of All Heresies 9 (his fight with Zephyrinus and Callistus at Rome); Eusebius, Church History 6.20 and 6.22
Sardinia, years probable: Chronography of 354, Liberian Catalogue
Sardinia, place not sure: Chronography of 354, Liberian Catalogue