The Nicene Age · AD 313–400
Seleucus
fl. c. AD 380s (death unrecorded) · Young kinsman and addressee of Amphilochius · Cappadocia · Iconium
The Nicene Age
Who Seleucus was
The young man to whom Amphilochius of Iconium addressed the Iambics to Seleucus — a verse letter of advice on education and conduct that ends with a list of the books of Scripture. That list is one of the important fourth-century canon witnesses, and it exists because a bishop was writing to this particular young relative about what to read.
Named once, by a source inside the horizon, as the addressee or named party of a surviving work; no other ancient source names him.
Common questions
When was Seleucus active?
Seleucus is dated fl. c. AD 380s (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Seleucus in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400). 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 Seleucus?
Seleucus is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Amphilochius of Iconium. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Seleucus from?
The archive associates Seleucus with Cappadocia · Iconium.
Who were Seleucus’ contemporaries?
The archive links Seleucus to 2 other figures, including Amphilochius of Iconium and Basil the Great. 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.
Iambi ad Seleucum — the verse letter is addressed to him, and closes with the canon of Scripture
c. AD 390[Amphilochius counsels Seleucus on his studies and conduct, and sets out for him which books are to be received as Scripture.]Amphilochius of Iconium · Iambics to Seleucus · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 320 · Silvanus tried before Zenophilus, AD 320
- AD 325 · The Council of Nicaea, AD 325
- AD 339 · The persecution of Shapur II, AD 339
- AD 343 · The Council of Serdica, AD 343
- AD 361 · Julian’s pagan restoration, AD 361
- AD 366 · Damasus and the catacomb epigrams, AD 366
- AD 367 · Athanasius lists the 27 NT books, AD 367
- AD 372 · The martyrdom of Sabbas the Goth, AD 372
- AD 378 · Queen Mavia’s revolt, AD 378
- AD 380 · The Edict of Thessalonica, AD 380
- AD 381 · The Council of Constantinople, AD 381
- AD 381 · The Council of Aquileia, AD 381
- AD 384 · The Altar of Victory petition, AD 384
- AD 390 · Thessalonica and the penance of Theodosius, AD 390
Place
Places served
The 2 places the sources put Seleucus, in the order the record moves through them. This is what the sources attest, not a reconstructed route.
- 1Cappadociaprovince only
- 2Iconium