The Ante-Nicene Church · AD 180–313
Chaeremon the Deacon
fl. AD 257 (death unrecorded) · Deacon of Alexandria · Alexandria
The Ante-Nicene Church
Who Chaeremon the Deacon was
One of the four clergy arrested with Dionysius and brought before Aemilianus in 257. Distinct from Chaeremon, bishop of Nilopolis, who fled to the Arabian mountain with his wife and was never seen again — the two are separate men and the archive keeps them apart by office and city.
Named once in Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History; no other ancient source names him.
Common questions
When was Chaeremon active?
Chaeremon the Deacon is dated fl. AD 257 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Chaeremon in the Ante-Nicene Church (AD 180–313).
Which early sources mention Chaeremon?
Chaeremon the Deacon is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Dionysius of Alexandria. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Chaeremon from?
The archive associates Chaeremon the Deacon with Alexandria.
Who were Chaeremon’s contemporaries?
The archive links Chaeremon the Deacon to 4 other figures, including Dionysius the Great, Faustus the Deacon, Eusebius of Laodicea and Chaeremon of Nilopolis. 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.
Letter to Germanus / Letter to Domitius and Didymus, VII.11.3 — transmitted in Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History (c. 325)
c. AD 257[Arrested with Dionysius, together with Maximus, Faustus and Eusebius, presbyters and deacons of Alexandria.]Dionysius of Alexandria · Ecclesiastical History VII.11.3 · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 190 · The Quartodeciman controversy, AD 190
- AD 202 · Perpetua and Felicity martyred, AD 202
- AD 235 · Maximinus Thrax targets the clergy, AD 235
- AD 250 · The Decian persecution, AD 250
- AD 251 · The Novatianist schism, AD 251
- AD 257 · The Valerian persecution, AD 257
- AD 260 · Gallienus’ edict of toleration, AD 260
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Chaeremon.