Severus of Antioch

Also: Severus the Great, Severus of Sozopolis

Born probably between 459 and 465, in Sozopolis in Pisidia (now Uluborlu, Turkey). Died in 538, in Xois (now Sakha, Egypt).

Patriarch of Antioch from 512 to 518 and the chief thinker of the churches that did not accept Chalcedon.

Wrote in Greek.

Places lived

485 to 486Alexandria, Egyptstudiedyears probable
486 to 490Berytus (now Beirut, Lebanon)studiedyears probable
490 to 508Maiuma (port of Gaza), now Gaza coastmonkyears probable, place probable
508 to 511Constantinopolis (now Istanbul, Turkey)monk
512 to 518Antiochia (now Antakya, Turkey)bishop
518 to 534Alexandria, Egyptexileyears probable, place not sure
534 to 536Constantinopolis (now Istanbul, Turkey)exileyears probable
536 to 538Xois (now Sakha, Egypt)exileyears probable, place probable

Works

3 works, in the order they were written. 3 works can be read here.

Letters508 to 538 · place not known · letterLetters on church order and on Christ, kept in Syriac: the Sixth Book of Select Letters and a second collection.137,271 words
Cathedral Homily 52: On the Maccabees512 to 518, probably about 514 · probably in Antiochia (now Antakya, Turkey) · homilyA sermon for the feast of the Maccabee martyrs on 1 August.3,959 words
Hymns of Severus and Others512 to 518 · probably in Antiochia (now Antakya, Turkey) · hymnChurch hymns for the feasts and saints of the year, kept only in Syriac.45,487 words

How we know the dates and places

Born probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch; Zacharias Rhetor, Life of Severus
Place of birth sure: Zacharias Rhetor, Life of Severus; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/638758
Died sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch : 5 February 538; E. W. Brooks, The Sixth Book of the Select Letters of Severus (1902-1904), introduction (the text in the corpus)
Place of death sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch; John of Beth Aphthonia, Life of Severus; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727256
Alexandria, years probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch; Zacharias, Life of Severus
Alexandria, place sure: Zacharias, Life of Severus; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727070
Berytus, years probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch : law at Berytus from 486, baptized 488
Berytus, place sure: Zacharias, Life of Severus; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678060
Maiuma (port of Gaza), years probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch : monk near Maiuma, left 507 or 508; the page gives no year for the start (baptized 488)
Maiuma (port of Gaza), place probable: Zacharias, Life of Severus; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687903
Constantinopolis, years sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch
Constantinopolis, place sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch; Zacharias, Life of Severus; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520998
Antiochia, years sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch : consecrated 16 November 512, put out in 518
Antiochia, place sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658381
Alexandria, years probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch : fled to Alexandria in September 518; in Egypt until the winter of about 534
Alexandria, place not sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch : in his exile he lived at the monastery of the Enaton, near Alexandria; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727070
Constantinopolis, years probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch
Constantinopolis, place sure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520998
Xois, years probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch
Xois, place probable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_of_Antioch; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727256