Chaeremon of Nilopolis

When did Chaeremon die?

Chaeremon of Nilopolis is dated d. c. AD 250, at great age in the archive, which places Chaeremon 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 Chaeremon?

Chaeremon of Nilopolis is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Dionysius the Great. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Chaeremon from?

The archive associates Chaeremon of Nilopolis with Nilopolis, Egypt. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.

Who were Chaeremon’s contemporaries?

The archive links Chaeremon of Nilopolis to 2 other figures, including Dionysius the Great and Chaeremon the Deacon. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

Chaeremon, who was very old, bishop of the city called Nilopolis, fled with his wife to the Arabian mountain and did not return; and the brethren, though they searched diligently, could find neither them nor their bodies.