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Serapion of Antioch

c. 140 – c. 211 · Bishop of Antioch

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Eighth bishop of Antioch (c. 191-211). Wrote against the use of the Gospel of Peter at Rhossus.

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Who was Serapion of Antioch?: Serapion of Antioch (140–211) — Eighth bishop of Antioch (c. 191-211). Wrote against the use of the Gospel of Peter at Rhossus.
Who did Serapion of Antioch succeed as bishop of Antioch?: Theophilus of Antioch.
Who succeeded Serapion of Antioch as bishop of Antioch?: Asclepiades of Antioch.

Sources for biography

Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.12 primary
Jerome, De Viris Illustribus 41 primary

tradition connections(2)

succeeded in see Theophilus of Antioch
Antiochene episcopal succession; Maximinus and Serapion followed Theophilus as bishops of Antioch. Late-2nd-c succession preserved only by Eusebius writing c. 320.
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 4.24, 5.19, 6.12
succeeded in see (incoming) Asclepiades of Antioch
Antiochene episcopal succession c. 211; only attested by Eusebius writing a century later.
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.11, 6.21

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