Ignatius of Antioch

Saint

Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Fresco of Saint Ignatius on the south west chapel of the Hosios Loukas monastery.
Bishop, martyr
BornProvince of Syria, Roman Empire
DiedEusebius: c. AD 108[1]

Pervo: AD 135–140[2]

Barnes: 140s AD[3]
Rome, Roman Empire
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodoxy
Church of the East
Anglican Communion
Lutheranism
CanonizedPre-congregation by John the Apostle (said in later writings)
Major shrineBasilica of San Clemente, Rome, Italy
Feast20 December (Eastern Orthodox Church)
24 Koiak (martyrdom – Coptic Christianity[4])
7 Epip (commemoration - Coptic Christianity[5])
17 October (Catholic Church, Church of England, Lutheran Churches and Syriac Christianity)
1 February (General Roman Calendar, 12th century–1969)
Monday after 4th Sunday of Advent (Armenian Apostolic Church)[6]
Attributessurrounded by lions or in chains
PatronageChurch in eastern Mediterranean; Church in North Africa

Ignatius of Antioch (/ɪɡˈneɪʃəs/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἰγνάτιος Ἀντιοχείας, translit. Ignátios Antiokheías; died c. 108/140 AD),[2][3][7][8][9] also known as Ignatius Theophorus (Ἰγνάτιος ὁ Θεοφόρος, Ignátios ho Theophóros, 'the God-bearing'), was an early Christian writer and Patriarch of Antioch. While en route to Rome, where he met his martyrdom, Ignatius wrote a series of letters. This correspondence forms a central part of a later collection of works by the Apostolic Fathers. He is considered one of the three most important of these, together with Clement of Rome and Polycarp. His letters also serve as an example of early Christian theology, and address important topics including ecclesiology, the sacraments, and the role of bishops.

  1. ^ "Chronicle, from the Latin translation of Jerome, p. 276". Archived from the original on 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  2. ^ a b Pervo, Richard I. The Making of Paul: Constructions of the Apostle in Early Christianity. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-0-8006-9659-7. Archived from the original on 2024-06-28. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
  3. ^ a b Barnes, Timothy D. (December 2008), "The Date of Ignatius", The Expository Times, 120 (3): 119–130, doi:10.1177/0014524608098730, S2CID 170585027
  4. ^ "24 كيهك - اليوم الرابع والعشرين من شهر كيهك - السنكسار". Archived from the original on 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  5. ^ "7 أبيب - اليوم السابع من شهر أبيب - السنكسار". Archived from the original on 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  6. ^ Domar: the calendrical and liturgical cycle of the Armenian Orthodox Church, 2003 Armenian Orthodox Theological Research Institute, 2002, p. 603.
  7. ^ David Hugh Farmer (1987), "Ignatius of Antioch", The Oxford Dictionary of the Saints, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 220, ISBN 978-0-19-103673-6
  8. ^ Owen F. Cummings (2005), Eucharistic Doctors: A Theological History, Paulist Press, p. 7, ISBN 978-0-8091-4243-9
  9. ^ Andrew Louth, ed. (2016), Genesis 1-11, InterVarsity Press, p. 193, ISBN 978-0-8308-9726-1