John of Epiphania
Also: John of Epiphaneia
Born probably in Epiphaneia (now Hama, Syria); the year is not known. Died: the year and the place are not known.
Lawyer from Epiphania and adviser to Patriarch Gregory of Antioch who wrote a history of the Persian war of 572 to 591.
Wrote in Greek.
Places lived
- 570 to 593Antiochia (now Antakya, Turkey)adviseryears not sure, place probable
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 0 works can be read here.
- HistoryThe opening of his lost history of the war between Rome and Persia from 572 to the return of Khosrow II in 591.not yet on the site
How we know the dates and places
- Born not known
- Evagrius, EH 5.24; John of Epiphania, preface of the fragment, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_of_epiphania.htm; Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, "John of Epiphaneia"
- Place of birth probable
- Evagrius, EH 5.24; John of Epiphania, preface of the fragment, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_of_epiphania.htm; Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, "John of Epiphaneia"
- Died not known
- Evagrius, EH 5.24; John of Epiphania, preface of the fragment, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_of_epiphania.htm; Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, "John of Epiphaneia"
After 591. - Place of death not known
- Evagrius, EH 5.24; John of Epiphania, preface of the fragment, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_of_epiphania.htm; Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, "John of Epiphaneia"
- Antiochia, years not sure
- Evagrius, EH 5.24; John of Epiphania, preface of the fragment, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_of_epiphania.htm; Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, "John of Epiphaneia"
- Antiochia, place probable
- Evagrius, EH 5.24; John of Epiphania, preface of the fragment, https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/john_of_epiphania.htm; Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, "John of Epiphaneia"