Amphilochius of Iconium

When did Amphilochius live?

Amphilochius of Iconium is dated c. 339 – c. 394 in the archive, which places Amphilochius in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.

What did Amphilochius write?

Amphilochius of Iconium has 1 catalogued writing in the archive: Iambics to Seleucus (on the canon).

Which early sources mention Amphilochius?

Amphilochius of Iconium is named in 3 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Basil the Great, Basil of Caesarea and Jerome of Stridon. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Amphilochius from?

The archive associates Amphilochius of Iconium with Cappadocia, Iconium. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.

…of the New Testament: the four Evangelists, Matthew, then Mark, to whom, adding Luke as third, count John as fourth in time, but first in the height of his teaching.

Earliest witness · Transmitted among Gregory of Nazianzus's poems (medieval copies)

I thank the Lord who has shown me that in you my old age has a comfort; for you have fulfilled my long desire to meet a man who is able both to enquire and to understand.

Your desire for information, my right well-beloved and most deeply respected brother Amphilochius, I highly commend.

Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium, recently read to me a book On the Holy Spirit, arguing that He is God, that He is to be worshipped, and that He is omnipotent.