A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.

A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE Ecclesiastical Writers Which are mention'd in this Volume.

With the Names of the Authors, their Country and Employment, the time of their Birth, the time when they Flourish'd, and the time of their Deaths.

• Symmachus Bishop of Rome, ordain'd in the year 498, died in 514.
• Sextus Alcinus Ecdicius Avitus, the Son of a Roman Senator, and Bishop of Vienna, born about the year 470, flourish'd in the beginning of the sixth Century, died in 523.
• Magnus Felix Ennodius, descended of an Illustrious Family in Gaul, Bishop of Pavia, born in 437, flourish'd in the beginning of the sixth Century, ordain'd Bishop of Pavia in 510, died in 521.
• Hormisdas Bishop of Rome, ordain'd in 514, died in 523.
• St. Fulgentius an African, a Monk and Abbot, and afterwards Bishop of Ruspa in Afric, born about the the year 464, flourish'd at the end of the fith Age, ordain'd Bishop in 504, or 508, died in 529, or 533.
• Eugippius, or Egippius, Abbot in the Country of Na∣ples, flourish'd under the Empire of Tiberius Constan∣tine about the end of the fifth Age.
• Ferrandus Deacon of the Church of Carthage, sur∣nam'd Fulgentius, flourish'd in the beginning of the fifth Age.
• John Maxentius, born in the West, and Monk of Scy∣thia, flourish'd under Pope Hormisdas about the year 523.
• Trifolius a Priest, flourish'd at the beginning of the sixth Age.
• Adrianus wrote at the beginning of the sixth Age.
• Laurentius Bishop of Novara, liv'd at the beginning of the sixth Age.
• Count Marcellinus wrote after the year 535.
• Giles Abbot of Gallia Narbonensis, flourish'd at the be∣ginning of the sixth Age.
• Orentius Bishop of Tarraco, flourish'd about the year 520.
• Flavius, Anicius, Manlius Torquatus, Severinus Boethi∣us, Roman Consul and Senator, flourish'd at the end of the fifth Age, and the beginning of the sixth, di∣ed in Pavia in 524.
• Epiphanius Scholasticus flourish'd at the beginning of the sixth Age.
• Theodorus Reader of the Church of Constantinople, flourish'd about the year 520.
• Severus Patriarch of Antioch, made Bishop of Antioch in 513, and turn'd out in 519.
• John of Scythopolis an Advocate, flourish'd at the be∣ginning of the sixth Age.
• Basila Priest of Antioch, and afterwards Bishop of Cilicia, flourish'd about the year 525.
• John the first Bishop of Rome, surnam'd Cateline, a Tuscan by Nation, ordain'd Bishop of Rome in 523, died in 526.
• Felix IV. Bishop of Rome, ordain'd in 526, died in 529.
• Boniface II. the first Pope of the Nation of the Goths, ordain'd in 529, died in 531.
• John II. surnam'd Mercurius, Bishop of Rome, ordain'd at the beginning of 532, died in 534.
• Agapetus Bishop of Rome, ordain'd in 534, died in 535.
• St. Ephrem, a Count in the East, and afterwards Bi∣shop of Antioch, ordain'd in 526.
• Procopius of Gaza, flourish'd about the middle of the sixth Age.
• An Anonymous Author of the Exposition upon the Octateuch, about the same time.
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• ... Jobius a Monk in the East, about the same time.
• Justinian a Christian Emperour, advanc'd to the Em∣pire in 527, died in 565.
• Dionysius Exiguus a Monk, flourish'd after 500 till 540.
• Marcus Aurelius Cassiodorus, a Senator, preferr'd to the chief Offices at Court, Governor of Calabria, Treasurer, Master of the Palace, Pretorian Prae∣fect and Consul, and at last Monk and Abbot, born in Calabria about the year 470, flourish'd from the beginning of the sixth Age, unto the year 565.
• St. Benedict a Monk and Founder of an order, born about the year 480, was settled upon the Mount •…•…sinus, about the year 520, died in 543, or 547.
• Silverius the Son of Pope Hormisdas Bishop of Rome, ordain'd in 535, turn'd out in 537, and banish'd into Patara, brought back in a little time after in∣to Italy, and transported into the Isle of Pontienna, where he died quickly after for grief.
• Vigilius Bishop of Rome▪ invaded the See of Rome in 537, was oblig'd to go to C•…•…ople in 547, was banish'd in ••••4, died in Sicily, as he was re∣turning from banishment in 555.
• Caesarius Monk and Abbot of Lerina, and afterward Bishop of Arles, was born at Cabillo•…•…, ordain'd in 501, died in 543.
• Pontianus a Bishop, flourish'd under the Reign of Ju∣stinian.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Archbishop of Sens, flourish'd about 540.
• Trojanus Bishop of Santones about the same time.
• Nicetius Bishop of Treves about the same time.
• Aurelianus Bishop of Arles, flourish'd about 550.
• Tetradius or Terridius, about the same time.
• Arator Intendant of the Finances to King Ataluricus, wrote under the Pontificate of Justinian.
• Justinian Bishop of Valentia in Spain, and
• Justus Bishop of Urgellum, flourish'd about the same time.
• Aprigius Bishop of Beia in Portugal, flourish'd about 540.
• Aretas, the time in which he liv'd uncertain.
• Zacharia, Bishop of Mitylena, flourish'd from the year 530, until about the year 560.
• Cyrillus a Monk of Scythopolis, the time is not known in which he flourish'd.
• Facundus Bishop of Hermiana, flourish'd about the year 550.
• Victor Bishop of Capua, flourish'd about the same time.
• Rusticus a Deacon of Rome, about the same time.
• Primasius Bishop of Adrumettam, flourish'd about 550.
• Junilius a Bishop of Afric, about the same time.
• Liberatus a Deacon of Carthage, wrote about 560.
• Victor Bishop of Tunona in Afric, wrote after 565.
• Paulus Cyrus Silentiarius flourish'd after 550.
• Pelagius I. Bishop of Rome, ordain'd in 555, died in 560.
• Agnellus Bishop of Ravenna, ordain'd in 558, died in 566.
• Leontius first Advocate, and then Monk, flourish'd a∣bout the end of the sixth Age, died at the begin∣ning of the seventh.
• Venantius Honorius Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers, or∣dain'd Priest in 565, and sometime after Bishop, di∣ed at the beginning of the seventh Age.
• Bandoninia a Nun, flourish'd toward the end of the sixth Age.
• St. Germanus Bishop of Paris, flourish'd about 560.
• Martinus Abbot of Dumes, and afterward Bishop of Bracara, flourish'd after 550, and died in 580.
• Paschasius the Deacon flourish'd at the same, died in 578.
• Joannes Scholasticus Patriarch of Constantinople.
• Georgius Florentius Gregorius Bishop of Tours, ordain'd in 574, died in 596.
• Gildas surnam'd the Wise, Abbot in England, born in 520, flourish'd about the middle of the sixth Age, and died in 570.
• Evantus or Evantius, Bishop of Vienna, flourish'd about the end of the sixth Age.
• Ferreolus Bishop of Ucecia, flourish'd at the same time.
• Sedatus Bishop of Biterrae, flourish'd at the end of this Age.
• Chrysippus about the same time.
• Pelagius II. Bishop of Rome, ordain'd in 577, died in 590.
• Eulogius Patriarch of Alexandria, ordain'd in 581, died in 608.
• John surnam'd the younger, Patriarch of Constantino∣ple, ordain'd in 585, died in 596.
• John Abbot of Biclarum in Spain, wrote after 590.
• Anastasius Monk of Mount Sina, Patriarch of Antioch ordain'd in 561, turn'd out and banish'd in 572, restor'd in 595, died in 599.
• Evagrius Scholasticus, born in 536, wrote after 594.
• John surnam'd Climacus, a Monk and Abbot, born in 525, retired from the World about 541, and was chosen Abbot about the end of this Age, died at the beginning of the seventh Age.
• John Abbot of Baithu, flourish'd about the same time.
• St. Gregory the first, surnam'd the Great, retir'd from the World about 580, was ordain'd Deacon about 582, and Bishop of Rome in 590, died in 604.
• Paterius a Disciple of St. Gregory, and Notary of the Roman Church, flourish'd about the beginning of the seventh Age.
• St. Leander Bishop of Sevil, flourish'd at the end of the sixth Age.
• Licinianus Bishop of Carthagena in Spain, at the same time.
• Severus Bishop of Malaga, at the same time.
• Dinamius a Nobleman, flourish'd at the end of the sixth Age.
• Eutropius Abbot, and afterward Bishop of Valentia in Spain, at the same time.
• Maximus Bishop of Saragosa, flourish'd about 590, di∣ed after 614.
• • Eustratius a Priest of Constanti∣nople,
  • ...Andronicianus,
  • ...Lucius Charinus,
  • ...Metrodorus,
  • Heraclianus Bishop of Chalcedon
  • Leontius Bishop of Arabissa.
  The time uncertain.