The Apostolic Fathers · AD 70–130

Seneca of Jerusalem

fl. c. 125 (death unrecorded) · 10th bishop of Jerusalem (of the circumcision) · Jerusalem

The Apostolic Fathers

Who Seneca of Jerusalem was

Tenth bishop of the Jerusalem circumcision — a Latin name, oddly, in a Hebrew list, perhaps a Hellenized Jew of the late Aelia years. Preserved only in the succession.

Also listed in the bishops of Jerusalem.

Common questions

When was Seneca active?

Seneca of Jerusalem is dated fl. c. 125 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Seneca in the Apostolic Fathers (AD 70–130). 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 Seneca?

Seneca of Jerusalem is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Eusebius of Caesarea and Epiphanius of Salamis. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Seneca from?

The archive associates Seneca of Jerusalem with Jerusalem.

Who were Seneca’s contemporaries?

The archive links Seneca of Jerusalem to 2 other figures, including Philip of Jerusalem and Justus II of Jerusalem. 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
…Seneca the tenth, Justus the eleventh, Levi the twelfth, Ephres the thirteenth…
Eusebius of Caesarea · IV.5 · source text

Panarion 66.20 (the Jerusalem succession)

c. AD 375
Epiphanius of Salamis · Panarion 66.20 · source text

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The one place the sources put Seneca.

  1. 1Jerusalem

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