And of the principal Councils held, during the lifetime of Athanasius. N.B. -- The names of bishops in italics are open to doubt regarding their date. An asterisk prefixed to a bishop's name means that he was elected when the see was not de facto vacant (the case of Ursinus of Rome in 366 is not free from doubt). after the name of a synod indicates that although not formally Arian it was held under the influence of Eusebius of Nicomedia. * denotes a synod more or less implicated in Arianism by its creeds (N.B. no creed at Arles or Milan, 353-355). ** denote a formally Arian synod. Semi-Arian' synods are printed in italics. Emperor Rome Alexandria Antioch Constantinople Synods W. E. 301. Peter 305. Galerius 305. Illiberis 306. Constantine 307. Licinius 309. Eusebius 308-313. Maximin 310. Melchiades 312. Achillas 313. Alexander 313. Rome 314. Silvester 314. Arles 314? Ancyra 315? Neo-Cæsarea 319. Philogonius. Paulinus 320? Alexander 321. Alexandria 323. Constantine, sole Augustus c.324. Eustathius 324. Alexandria 325. Nicæa 328. Athanasius 330. Paulinus?' [330. Constantinople' made the new Rome] 330. Antioch Eulalius 332. Euphronius 333. Flacillus (or Placitus) 334. Cæsarea 335. Tyre and Jerusalem 336. Mark 336. Paul (d.350?) 336. CP. 337. Constantine II. (d.340). Constantius 337. Julius 338. *Pistus 337? *Eusebius 339. *Gregory 339&40. Antioch 340. Rome 340. Gangra 341. Antioch* 342. Stephen 342. *Macedonius Sardica 343. Philippopolis* 344. Leontius 344. Antioch* 345. Milan 347. Sirmium I* 350. Constantius, sole Augustus 351. Sirmium II* 352. Liberius 353. Arles* 355. Milan* 357. *Felix 357. *George 357. Eudoxius 357. Sirmium III** 358. Ancyra 359. *Anianus 359. Sirmium IV* Ariminum* Seleucia* 360. *Eudoxius 360. CP** 361. Julian 361. Meletius *Euzoius 362. *Paulinus (schism). 362. Alexandria 362. Laodicea?? 363. Jovian 363. Antioch 364. Valentinian Valens 364. Lampsacus 366. Damasus (d.384) 366-7. *Ursinus 367. *Lucius 367. Tyana 370. Demophilus 373. Peter 375. Gratian (d.383) Valentinian II. (d.392) 379. Theodosius |