The Nicene Age · AD 313–400
Timothy of Alexandria
d. 385 · Bishop of Alexandria · Alexandria
The Nicene Age
Who Timothy of Alexandria was
Bishop of Alexandria (380–385), brother and successor of Peter II, who represented the Alexandrian church at the Council of Constantinople in 381 — where the old rivalry between Alexandria and the imperial capital sharpened, Alexandria resisting Constantinople’s elevation to second rank after Rome. His Canonical Responses, practical rulings on questions of discipline and worship, were received into the Eastern canon law. A transitional Alexandrian patriarch in the years the see was losing ground to Constantinople.
Also listed in the bishops of Alexandria.
Common questions
When did Timothy die?
Timothy of Alexandria is dated d. 385 in the archive, which places Timothy in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400).
Which early sources mention Timothy?
Timothy of Alexandria is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Jerome of Stridon and Socrates Scholasticus. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Timothy from?
The archive associates Timothy of Alexandria with Alexandria.
Who were Timothy’s contemporaries?
The archive links Timothy of Alexandria to 4 other figures, including Peter of Alexandria, Nectarius of Constantinople, Cyril of Jerusalem and Peter II of Alexandria. 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.
Chronicle of Jerome (the Alexandrian succession)
c. AD 380Ecclesiastical History V.8 (Socrates)
c. AD 439There were present also Timothy of Alexandria, and Cyril of Jerusalem… and the council decreed that the bishop of Constantinople should have the prerogative of honour next after the bishop of Rome.Socrates Scholasticus · V.8 · 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
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Timothy.