Nestorius

Also: Nestorius of Constantinople

Born probably between 381 and 386, probably in Germanicia (now Kahramanmaraş, Turkey). Died probably between 450 and 451, perhaps in Oasis Magna (Hibis), now Kharga Oasis, Egypt.

Bishop of Constantinople from 428 until the Council of Ephesus removed him in 431 for his teaching on Christ and Mary.

Wrote in Greek.

Places lived

410 to 428Antiochia (now Antakya, Turkey)monkyears not sure, place probable
428 to 431Constantinopolis (now Istanbul, Turkey)bishop
431 to 435Antiochia (now Antakya, Turkey)monkyears probable, place probable
435 to 451Oasis Magna (Hibis), now Kharga Oasis, Egyptexileyears probable, place probable

Works

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

Second and Third Letters to Pope Celestine430 · in Constantinopolis (now Istanbul, Turkey) · letterTwo letters to the bishop of Rome about the Pelagians at Constantinople and the quarrel over the word Theotokos.not yet on the site
The Bazaar of Heracleidesabout 450 to 451 · perhaps in Oasis Magna (Hibis), now Kharga Oasis, Egypt · apologyHis long defence of his own teaching and his account of the Council of Ephesus, written in exile.161,145 words

How we know the dates and places

Born probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius (about 386)
Place of birth probable: Socrates, Church History 7.29; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius; site: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658474
Died probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius; Driver and Hodgson, The Bazaar of Heracleides (1925), introduction: he knew of the death of Theodosius II (July 450)
Place of death not sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius (Great Oasis); Evagrius, Church History 1.7 has him moved to Panopolis and other places in the Thebaid; site: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/776181
He died in exile in Upper Egypt; the exact place is not sure.
Antiochia, years not sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius: priest and monk at the monastery of Euprepius by the walls of Antioch; the start year is not known
Antiochia, place probable: Socrates, Church History 7.29; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius; site: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658381
Constantinopolis, years sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius: bishop from 10 April 428 to 431
Constantinopolis, place sure: Socrates, Church History 7.29-34; site: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520998
Antiochia, years probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius: back in his old monastery after the Council of Ephesus
Antiochia, place probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius; site: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658381
Oasis Magna (Hibis), years probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius: exiled by the edict of 3 August 435
Oasis Magna (Hibis), place probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius; Evagrius, Church History 1.7; site: https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/776181