![]() ![]() Īfter the deposition of Antioch's bishop Paul of Samosata, he fell under suspicion for heresy, and was excommunicated. Scholars following Adolf von Harnack see him as the first head of the School of Antioch, with links to later theologians Diodorus of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia, but that contention is unrecorded in the extant sources. Eusebius of Caesarea notes his theological learning and Lucian's vita (composed after 327) reports that he founded a Didaskaleion, a school. Īt Antioch, Lucian was ordained presbyter. ![]() However, this tradition might be due to a conflation with his famous namesake, Lucian of Samosata, the pagan satirist of the second century. He was noted for both his scholarship and ascetic piety.Īccording to Suidas, Lucian was born at Samosata, Kommagene, Syria, to Christian parents, and was educated in the neighbouring city of Edessa, Mesopotamia, at the school of Macarius. 240 – January 7, 312), known as Lucian the Martyr, was a Christian presbyter, theologian and martyr. Monday after fifth Sunday after Pentecost ( Armenian Apostolic Church) ![]() ![]() Traditionally Samosata (now Samsat, Adıyaman, Turkey)Įastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church, Armenian Apostolic Church Miniature from the Menologion of Basil II ![]()
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