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Born 368 • Turkey
Died c.433 • Istanbul • Turkey
Subjects Of Study Arianism • history of early Christianity
Lazarus
New Testament parable figure
Theodosius I
Theodosius I
Roman emperor
St. Gregory of Nyssa
Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Byzantine philosopher and theologian
Ulfilas teaching Christianity to the Goths, early 20th-century illustration.
Ulfilas
bishop of the Goths
Eusebius of Nicomedia
bishop
Arius
Arius
Christian priest
George of Laodicea
Egyptian bishop
George Of Cappadocia
Egyptian bishop
Justinian I
Justinian I
Byzantine emperor
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos
Byzantine historian
Saint Theodosius of Palestine
Asian saint
Justin I
Justin I
Byzantine emperor
St. Theodotus
theologian
Saint Gennadius I of Constantinople
Byzantine theologian
Socrates
Byzantine historian
George The Syncellus
Byzantine historian
Theodotus The Tanner
Byzantine philosopher
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle