The Apologists · AD 130–180
Celadion of Alexandria
d. c. 166 · Bishop of Alexandria · Alexandria
The Apologists
Who Celadion of Alexandria was
Ninth bishop of Alexandria, some fourteen years in office spanning the reigns of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. A name in the succession — Egypt’s church still recorded chiefly by the list of its shepherds.
Also listed in the bishops of Alexandria.
Common questions
When did Celadion die?
Celadion of Alexandria is dated d. c. 166 in the archive, which places Celadion in the Apologists (AD 130–180). 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 Celadion?
Celadion of Alexandria is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Eusebius of Caesarea and Jerome of Stridon. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Celadion from?
The archive associates Celadion of Alexandria with Alexandria.
Who were Celadion’s contemporaries?
The archive links Celadion of Alexandria to 2 other figures, including Marcus of Alexandria and Agrippinus of Alexandria. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (2)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Ecclesiastical History IV.19
c. AD 325…Agrippinus received the episcopate of Alexandria, being the tenth after the apostles, on the death of Celadion.Eusebius of Caesarea · IV.19 · source text
Chronicle of Jerome (the Alexandrian succession)
c. AD 380Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 96 · Rome writes to Corinth: 1 Clement, AD 96
- AD 112 · Pliny writes Trajan, AD 112
- AD 117 · Symeon and Ignatius martyred, AD 117
- 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
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Celadion.