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Also Known As Tatianos
Born 120 • Syria
Died April 173 (aged 53)
Subjects Of Study Stoicism
Origen
Christian theologian
St. Clement of Alexandria
Christian theologian
Eusebius of Caesarea
Christian bishop and historian
St. Justin Martyr
Christian apologist
Nemesius Of Emesa
Christian bishop and philosopher
St. Quadratus
Christian saint
Lactantius
Christian apologist
Melito of Sardis
Greek bishop
St. Ignatius of Antioch
Syrian bishop
St. John Chrysostom
St. John Chrysostom
archbishop of Constantinople
Theodoret Of Cyrrhus
Syrian theologian
Theodore Of Mopsuestia
Syrian theologian
Saint Ephraem Syrus
Christian theologian
Apollinaris The Younger
Christian bishop
Theophilus of Antioch
Syrian saint
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
Desiderius Erasmus
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
Domenico Ghirlandaio: St. Jerome in His Study
St. Jerome
Christian scholar
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
Tertullian
Christian theologian