Epiphanius of Salamis


Epiphanius of Salamis
St. Epiphanius in a fresco painting (Gračanica Monastery)
Bishop of Salamis (Cyprus), Oracle of Palestine
Bornc. 310–320
Judea
Died403 (aged 82–93)
at sea
Venerated inCatholicism
Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Feast12 May[1]
17 Pashons (Coptic Orthodoxy)
AttributesVested as a bishop in omophorion, sometimes holding a scroll
ControversyIconoclasm

Epiphanius of Salamis (Greek: Ἐπιφάνιος; c. 310–320 – 403) was the bishop of Salamis, Cyprus, at the end of the 4th century. He is considered a saint and a Church Father by both the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He gained a reputation as a strong defender of orthodoxy. He is best known for composing the Panarion, a compendium of eighty heresies, which included also pagan religions and philosophical systems.[2] There has been much controversy over how many of the quotations attributed to him by the Byzantine Iconoclasts were actually by him. Regardless of this he was clearly strongly against some contemporary uses of images in the church.[3]

  1. ^ (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Ἐπιφάνιος Ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντίας καὶ Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος Κύπρου. 12 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  2. ^ Vallée, Gerard (1981). A Study in Anti-Gnostic Polemics. Wilfried Laurier University Press. pp. 97ff. ISBN 978-0919812147.
  3. ^ Kitzinger, 92–93, 92 quoted

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