The Nicene Age · AD 313–400
Attalus
fl. 3 September AD 381 (death unrecorded) · Presbyter of Illyricum · Homoian · Illyricum
The Nicene Age
Who Attalus was
An Illyrian presbyter of the Homoian party who came to Aquileia with Palladius and Secundianus and put his name to their side of the record. Distinct from Attalus of Pergamum, the martyr of Lyon in 177.
Named once, in the roll of the Council of Aquileia (3 September 381); no other ancient source names him.
Common questions
When was Attalus active?
Attalus is dated fl. 3 September AD 381 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Attalus in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400).
What did Attalus write?
Attalus has 1 catalogued writing in the archive: The Gesta of the Council of Aquileia against Palladius and Secundianus.
Which early sources mention Attalus?
Attalus is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from The Council of Aquileia. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Attalus from?
The archive associates Attalus with Illyricum.
Writings (1)
The Gesta of the Council of Aquileia against Palladius and Secundianus
3 September 381The verbatim stenographic minutes of the council — the only fourth-century council whose proceedings survive as recorded dialogue rather than as canons and a letter.Read the interlinear source text →
Primary-source mentions (1)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Gesta Concilii Aquileiensis — the opening protocol and roll of the thirty-two bishops
c. AD 381In the consulship of the illustrious Syagrius and Eucherius, on the 3rd day of September, the undermentioned Bishops, sitting in council in the church at Aquileia, namely, Valerian, Bishop of Aquileia, Ambrose, Eusebius, Limenius, Anemius, Sabinus, Abundantius, Artemius, Constantius, Justus, Philaster, Constantius, Theodorus, Almachius, Domninus, Amantius, Maximus, Felix, Bassianus, Numidius, Januarius, Proculus, Heliodorus, Jovinus, Felix, Exuperantius, Diogenes, Maximus, Macedonius, Cassianus, Marcellus, and Eustathius, Bishops.The Council of Aquileia · Gesta Concilii Aquileiensis §1 · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 311 · Galerius’ edict of Serdica, AD 311
- AD 313 · The Edict of Milan, AD 313
- AD 314 · The Council of Arles, AD 314
- AD 320 · Silvanus tried before Zenophilus, AD 320
- AD 325 · The Council of Nicaea, AD 325
- AD 339 · The persecution of Shapur II, AD 339
- AD 343 · The Council of Serdica, AD 343
- AD 361 · Julian’s pagan restoration, AD 361
- AD 366 · Damasus and the catacomb epigrams, AD 366
- AD 367 · Athanasius lists the 27 NT books, AD 367
- AD 372 · The martyrdom of Sabbas the Goth, AD 372
- AD 378 · Queen Mavia’s revolt, AD 378
- AD 380 · The Edict of Thessalonica, AD 380
- AD 381 · The Council of Constantinople, AD 381
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Attalus.
- 1Illyricumprovince only