The Ante-Nicene Church · AD 180–313
Caricus
fl. c. AD 200 (death unrecorded) · Ecclesiastical man of Antioch · Antioch
The Ante-Nicene Church
Who Caricus was
Named by Serapion of Antioch, alongside Pontius, as one of two ‘ecclesiastical men’ he wrote to about the Montanist prophecy. Eusebius quotes the letter’s closing lines; Caricus survives in that address and nowhere else.
Named once in Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History; no other ancient source names him.
Common questions
When was Caricus active?
Caricus is dated fl. c. AD 200 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Caricus in the Ante-Nicene Church (AD 180–313). 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 Caricus?
Caricus is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Eusebius of Caesarea. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Caricus from?
The archive associates Caricus with Antioch.
Who were Caricus’ contemporaries?
The archive links Caricus to 2 other figures, including Serapion of Antioch and Domninus. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (1)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Ecclesiastical History VI.12.1
c. AD 325[Serapion wrote to Caricus and Pontius, ecclesiastical men, concerning the heresy of the Phrygians.]Eusebius of Caesarea · Ecclesiastical History VI.12.1 · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 135 · Bar Kokhba crushed; Aelia Capitolina, AD 135
- AD 144 · Marcion expelled at Rome, AD 144
- AD 156 · The New Prophecy erupts, AD 156
- AD 177 · Persecution at Lyon and Vienne, AD 177
- AD 180 · The Scillitan martyrs, AD 180
- AD 190 · The Quartodeciman controversy, AD 190
- AD 202 · Perpetua and Felicity martyred, AD 202
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Caricus.