John of Ephesus

Also: John of Asia, Yuḥanon of Ephesus

Born probably between 505 and 509, perhaps in Amida (now Diyarbakır, Turkey). Died probably between 586 and 589; the place is not known.

Syrian monk and Miaphysite bishop who lived in Constantinople and wrote a church history and the Lives of the Eastern Saints.

Wrote in Syriac.

Places lived

521 to 540Amida (now Diyarbakır, Turkey)monkyears probable, place probable
540 to 588Constantinopolis (now Istanbul, Turkey)bishopyears probable, place probable

Works

1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.

Ecclesiastical History, Part 3about 575 to 588 · probably in Constantinopolis (now Istanbul, Turkey) · historyThe last part of his church history, on the years 571 to 588 and the persecution of the Miaphysites, the only part that survives whole.127,848 words

How we know the dates and places

Born probable: GEDSH, "Yuḥanon of Ephesus"; R. Payne Smith, The Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus (1860), preface, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ephesus_0_preface.htm
About 507.
Place of birth not sure: GEDSH, "Yuḥanon of Ephesus"; R. Payne Smith, The Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus (1860), preface, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ephesus_0_preface.htm
He was born in the district of Ingila, north of Amida. The point is Amida.
Died probable: GEDSH, "Yuḥanon of Ephesus"; R. Payne Smith, The Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus (1860), preface, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ephesus_0_preface.htm
His History stops in 588.
Place of death not known: GEDSH, "Yuḥanon of Ephesus"; R. Payne Smith, The Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus (1860), preface, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ephesus_0_preface.htm
He died in or near Constantinople. Some writers say in prison at Chalcedon.
Amida, years probable: GEDSH, "Yuḥanon of Ephesus"; R. Payne Smith, The Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus (1860), preface, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ephesus_0_preface.htm
Amida, place probable: GEDSH, "Yuḥanon of Ephesus"; R. Payne Smith, The Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus (1860), preface, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ephesus_0_preface.htm
Constantinopolis, years probable: GEDSH, "Yuḥanon of Ephesus"; R. Payne Smith, The Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus (1860), preface, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ephesus_0_preface.htm
Constantinopolis, place probable: GEDSH, "Yuḥanon of Ephesus"; R. Payne Smith, The Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus (1860), preface, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ephesus_0_preface.htm