Marcellus of Ancyra
Also: Markellos
Born perhaps between 280 and 285; the place is not known. Died probably between 374 and 375; the place is not known.
Bishop of Ancyra and a fierce opponent of Arius at Nicaea, deposed in 336 because his own teaching sounded like Sabellius.
Wrote in Greek.
Places lived
- 314 to 336Ancyra (now Ankara, Turkey)bishopyears probable
- 340 to 341Roma (now Rome, Italy)exileyears probable, place probable
Works
No work is filed under this author.
How we know the dates and places
- Born not sure
- Worked back from Epiphanius, Panarion 72.1: he died very old about 374; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcellus_of_Ancyra
- Place of birth not known
- No ancient source gives his birthplace
- Died probable
- Epiphanius, Panarion 72.1 (written about 376: he died about two years before); https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcellus_of_Ancyra
- Place of death not known
- No ancient source says where he died
- Ancyra, years probable
- Bishop by the council of Ancyra, 314; deposed at Constantinople, 336 (Socrates, Church History 1.36)
- Ancyra, place sure
- Socrates, Church History 1.36; https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619103
- Roma, years probable
- Epiphanius, Panarion 72.2-3 keeps his letter to Julius of Rome: he stayed a year and three months
- Roma, place probable
- Epiphanius, Panarion 72.2-3; Athanasius, Defence against the Arians 32