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Evodius of Antioch

c. 7* – c. 67 · Bishop of Antioch

* Date marked with an asterisk is a placeholder estimate (lifespan heuristic), not a sourced claim. Hover for the derivation.

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First bishop of Antioch after Peter per Eusebius and Origen. Said to have coined the term 'Christian' in some later traditions.

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Who was Evodius of Antioch?: Evodius of Antioch (?–67) — First bishop of Antioch after Peter per Eusebius and Origen. Said to have coined the term 'Christian' in some later traditions.
Who did Evodius of Antioch succeed as bishop of Antioch?: Peter.
Who succeeded Evodius of Antioch as bishop of Antioch?: Ignatius of Antioch.

Sources for biography

Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 3.22 primary

tradition connections(2)

succeeded in see Peter
Eusebius lists Evodius as first bishop of Antioch after Peter. Peter's actual episcopal tenure at Antioch is traditional rather than narrated in scripture.
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 3.22
succeeded in see (incoming) Ignatius of Antioch
Antiochene episcopal succession is preserved only by Eusebius writing c. 320; no 1st-c Antiochene source survives to confirm.
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 3.22, 3.36

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