Ecclesiastical history

Title(s):
  • Ecclesiastical history
  • ἐκκλησιαστική Ἱστορíα
    (Ekklēsiastikē historia, Ecclesiastical history)
Period covered:
At least persecution of Diocletian
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Ecclesiastical history
Remarks:
The identification of the historian with Philo of Carpasia has been doubted by Mercati (1905), but there is no reason to follow him.
Edition - Translation:
  • G. Mercati (1905) 'Un preteso scritto di San Pietro vescovo d'Alessandria e martire sulla bestemmia e Filone l'istoriografo'. Rivista storico-critica delle scienze teologiche 1: 162-180.
  • L. Van Hoof, P. Manafis, P. Van Nuffelen (2017) 'Philo of Carpasia: Ecclesiastical history'. Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique 112: 35-52.
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Bibliography:
  • (1979) Clavis patrum Graecorum (CPG) 7512