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Rev. Joseph Esper
Fathers of the Catholic Church
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FATHERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCHListed below are those identified as Fathers of the Catholic Church. Some dates of birth and/or death, due to their earlier occurrences, are approximate in nature or incomplete.
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To better serve our brethren, this page is continuously being researched so as to provide the most accurate data available. Modifications are welcome at goodnews@bluewatervicariate.org.
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NAME
LIFETIME
Alexander of Alexandria [SAINT]
000-326
Alexander of Lycopolis
4th century
Ambrose [SAINT] [DOCTOR]
340-397
Aphrahat/Aphraates
280-367
Archelaus
000-282
Aristides the Philosopher
000-134
Arnobius
000-330
Athanasius [SAINT] [DOCTOR]
293-373
Athenagoras
000-190
Augustine of Hippo [SAINT] [DOCTOR]
354-430
Bardesanes
154-222
Barnabas [SAINT]
000-061
Basil the Great [SAINT] [DOCTOR]
329-379
Caius
3rd century
Clement of Alexandria [SAINT]
150-215
Clement of Rome [SAINT]
000-097
Commodianus
3rd century
Cyprian of Carthage [SAINT]
200-258
Cyril of Jerusalem [SAINT] [DOCTOR]
315-386
Dionysius of Rome [SAINT]
000-268
Dionysius the Great
000-265
Ephraim the Syrian [SAINT] [DOCTOR]
306-373
Eusebius of Caesarea
265-340
Gennadius of Marseilles
000-496
Gregory the Great, Pope [SAINT][DOCTOR]
540-604
Gregory Nazianzen [SAINT] [DOCTOR]
329-389
Gregory of Nyssa [SAINT]
335-394
Gregory Thaumaturgus [SAINT]
000-270
Hermas
3rd century
Hilary of Poitiers [SAINT] [DOCTOR]
000-367
Hippolytus [SAINT]
000-235
Ignatius of Antioch [SAINT]
000-107
Irenaeus of Lyons [SAINT]
140-202
Jerome [SAINT] [DOCTOR]
345-420
John of Damascus [SAINT] [DOCTOR]
675-749
John Cassian
360-435
John Chrysostom [SAINT] [DOCTOR]
349-407
Julius Africanus
160-240
Justin Martyr [SAINT]
100-165
Lactantius
000-320
Leo the Great, Pope [SAINT] [DOCTOR]
395-461
Malchion
000-000
Mar Jacob
452-521
Mathetes
000-000
Methodius
000-311
Minucius Felix
000-000
Moses of Chorene
400-490
Novatian
000-258
Origen
185-254
Pamphilus [SAINT]
000-309
Papias [SAINT]
000-155
Peter of Alexandria [SAINT]
000-311
Polycarp [SAINT]
069-155
Rufinus
000-000
Socrates Scholasticus
379-450
Sozomen
375-447
Sulpitius Severus
363-420
Tatian
000-185
Tertullian
160-220
Theodoret
393-457
Theodotus
4th century
Theophilus
000-180
Venantius
7th century
Victorinus [SAINT]
000-303
Vincent of Lérins [SAINT]
000-450
Source for listing of Church Father names: www.newadvent.org;
Source for dates of birth and death: multiple. See disclaimer above.