Evagrius Scholasticus
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Key facts
- Born
- c. 536, Epiphania , Byzantine Empire
- Occupation
- Scholar and intellectual
- Notable works
- Ecclesiastical History
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of birth
- Hama
- Place of death
- Antioch
- Occupation
- lawyer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- date of death
- 0594-00-00
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- date of birth
- 0537-00-00
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
- Commons category
- Evagrius Scholasticus
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Encyclopedic overview
Evagrius Scholasticus (Greek: Εὐάγριος Σχολαστικός) was a Syrian scholar and intellectual living in the 6th century AD, and an aide to the patriarch Gregory of Antioch. His surviving work, Ecclesiastical History (Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ Ἱστορία), comprises a six-volume collection concerning the Church's history from the First Council of Ephesus (431) to the emperor Maurice’s reign until Scholasticus' death.
Life
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