Ptolemaeus of Rome

When did Ptolemaeus die?

Ptolemaeus of Rome is dated d. c. AD 152 (beheaded) in the archive, which places Ptolemaeus 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 Ptolemaeus?

Ptolemaeus of Rome is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Justin Martyr and Justin Martyr, via Eusebius. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Ptolemaeus from?

The archive associates Ptolemaeus of Rome with Rome.

Who were Ptolemaeus’ contemporaries?

The archive links Ptolemaeus of Rome to 3 other figures, including Justin Martyr, Lucius of Rome and Quintus Lollius Urbicus. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

And he, being a lover of truth, and not of a deceitful or false disposition, confessed himself a Christian.

Urbicus commanded him to be led away to punishment. And one Lucius, himself a Christian, seeing the unreasonable judgment, said to Urbicus: What is the charge? He has not been convicted of adultery, fornication, murder, theft, or robbery — but confesses the name of Christian.