Theognostus of Alexandria
Born: the year and the place are not known. Died: the year and the place are not known.
Alexandrian teacher in the line of Origen who wrote a seven-book system of theology, the Hypotyposes.
Wrote in Greek.
Places lived
- 260 to 282Alexandria, Egyptteacheryears not sure, place probable
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.
- Hypotyposes (fragments)Small pieces of his seven books of theology, kept by Athanasius and others.952 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born not known
- Neither Eusebius nor Jerome names him; Photius, Library 106, gives no dates
- Place of birth not known
- No ancient source
- Died not known
- No ancient source; the years in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theognostus_of_Alexandria are not sourced
- Place of death not known
- No ancient source
- Alexandria, years not sure
- Philip of Side (fragment) makes him head of the school of Alexandria about 265; Quasten, Patrology vol. 2, about 265 to 282
- Alexandria, place probable
- Photius, Library 106: "Theognostus of Alexandria"; Athanasius, On the Decrees 25