The Ante-Nicene Church · AD 180–313
Maximinus of Antioch
d. c. 191 · Bishop of Antioch · Antioch
The Ante-Nicene Church
Who Maximinus of Antioch was
Eighth bishop of Antioch, successor of the apologist Theophilus. Eusebius sets him in the line just before Serapion; of his episcopate, held in the reign of Commodus, nothing more is recorded.
Also listed in the bishops of Antioch.
Common questions
When did Maximinus die?
Maximinus of Antioch is dated d. c. 191 in the archive, which places Maximinus 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 Maximinus?
Maximinus of Antioch 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 Maximinus from?
The archive associates Maximinus of Antioch with Antioch.
Who were Maximinus’ contemporaries?
The archive links Maximinus of Antioch to 2 other figures, including Theophilus of Antioch and Serapion of Antioch. 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 V.19
c. AD 325…Serapion, as we have said, was the eighth bishop of Antioch from the apostles; Maximinus preceded him.Eusebius of Caesarea · V.19 · source text
Chronicle of Jerome (the Antiochene succession)
c. AD 380Connected 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
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Maximinus.