The Apologists · AD 130–180

Eumenes of Alexandria

d. c. 141 · Bishop of Alexandria · Alexandria

The Apologists

Who Eumenes of Alexandria was

Seventh bishop of Alexandria, holding office for some thirteen years in the reign of Antoninus Pius. A name in the list — the honest residue of a church whose earliest history was kept as a succession, not a chronicle. (Eusebius's “sixth in order from the apostles” and the count of “seventh” from Mark reflect the two numbering conventions, both preserved here.)

Also listed in the bishops of Alexandria.

Common questions

When did Eumenes die?

Eumenes of Alexandria is dated d. c. 141 in the archive, which places Eumenes 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 Eumenes?

Eumenes 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 Eumenes from?

The archive associates Eumenes of Alexandria with Alexandria.

Who were Eumenes’ contemporaries?

The archive links Eumenes of Alexandria to 2 other figures, including Justus of Alexandria and Marcus 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.5

c. AD 325
In Alexandria Eumenes succeeded to the leadership, being the sixth in order from the apostles.
Eusebius of Caesarea · IV.5 · source text

Chronicle of Jerome (the Alexandrian succession)

c. AD 380
Jerome of Stridon · Chronicle, ann. Abr. · source text

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The one place the sources put Eumenes.

  1. 1Alexandria

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