The Apologists · AD 130–180
Paeon
d. c. 165 · Martyr · Companion of Justin · Rome
The Apologists
Who Paeon was
One of Justin’s students, who told the court he had received Christianity from his own parents but held it now by conviction. When Rusticus pronounced sentence, Paeon went with the others to be scourged and beheaded outside the city. His name and his single answer are all the transcript preserves.
Acts of Justin only.
Also listed in martyrs and under marcus aurelius.
Common questions
When did Paeon die?
Paeon is dated d. c. 165 in the archive, which places Paeon 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 Paeon?
Paeon is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Court transcript (Recension A). Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Paeon from?
The archive associates Paeon with Rome.
Who were Paeon’s contemporaries?
The archive links Paeon to 4 other figures, including Justin Martyr, Hierax, Liberian and Euelpistus. 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.
Acts of Justin and Companions 4
c. AD 165Paeon said, ‘I also am a Christian; I received the faith from my parents, yet it is by my own choice that I believe.’Court transcript (Recension A) · 4 · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 95 · Domitian’s reprisals, AD 95
- 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 Paeon.
- 1Rome