The Apostolic Fathers · AD 70–130
Ampliatus
fl. c. 57 (death unrecorded) · “My beloved in the Lord” · Rome
The Apostolic Fathers
Who Ampliatus was
A common slave-name — and in the oldest part of the Catacomb of Domitilla a finely painted tomb of the late first or early second century bears the single word AMPLIAT(I): a one-name burial, servile in form, honored in execution. Whether it is Paul’s Ampliatus or his family’s freedman descendants, archaeology here walks to the edge of a Romans 16 greeting and looks in.
Common questions
When was Ampliatus active?
Ampliatus is dated fl. c. 57 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Ampliatus in the Apostolic Fathers (AD 70–130). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Ampliatus?
Ampliatus is named in 3 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Paul, Origen of Alexandria and John Chrysostom. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Ampliatus from?
The archive associates Ampliatus with Rome.
Who were Ampliatus’ contemporaries?
The archive links Ampliatus to 2 other figures, including Urbanus and Stachys. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Scripture record
Primary-source mentions (3)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Origen, Commentary on Romans X (on Romans 16:8)
c. AD 246Homilies on Romans XXXI
c. AD 391Here again he passes encomiums upon his person by his love. For the love of Paul was for God, carrying countless blessings with it. For if being loved by the king is a great thing, what a great encomium must it be to be beloved by Paul?John Chrysostom · Homilies on Romans XXXI · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 30 · Crucifixion, Resurrection and Pentecost, AD 30–33
- AD 44 · Persecution under Herod Agrippa I, AD 44
- AD 49 · The Council of Jerusalem, AD 49
- AD 57 · Paul writes Romans, AD 57
- AD 62 · James the Just stoned, AD 62
- AD 64 · The Great Fire and Nero’s persecution, AD 64
- AD 70 · The fall of Jerusalem, AD 70
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Ampliatus.
- 1Rome