Lives of Illustrious Men

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Jerome's catalog of 135 Christian writers from Peter to himself (392), continued by Gennadius of Marseilles to about 480: who each man was, what he wrote, and when he lived. Modern English from the Post-Nicene Fathers translation.

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Jerome

1Preface2List of Writers3Simon Peter4James, the Brother of the Lord5Matthew, Also Called Levi6Jude, the Brother of James7Paul, Formerly Called Saul8Barnabas, Also Called Joseph9Luke the Evangelist10Mark the Evangelist11John the Apostle and Evangelist12Hermas13Philo the Jew14Lucius Annaeus Seneca15Josephus, Son of Matthias16Justus of Tiberias17Clement the Bishop18Ignatius the Bishop19Polycarp the Bishop20Papias the Bishop21Quadratus the Bishop22Aristides the Philosopher23Agrippa Castor24Hegesippus the Historian25Justin the Philosopher26Melito the Bishop27Theophilus the Bishop28Apollinaris the Bishop29Dionysius the Bishop30Pinytus the Bishop31Tatian, Founder of a Heresy32Philip the Bishop33Musanus34Modestus35Bardesanes, Founder of a Heresy36Victor the Bishop37Irenaeus the Bishop38Pantaenus the Philosopher39Rhodo, the Disciple of Tatian40Clement the Presbyter41Miltiades42Apollonius43Serapion the Bishop44Apollonius the Senator45Theophilus, Another Bishop46Bacchylus the Bishop47Polycrates the Bishop48Heraclitus49Maximus50Candidus51Appion52Sextus53Arabianus54Judas55Tertullian the Presbyter56Origen, Also Called Adamantius57Ammonius58Ambrose the Deacon59Trypho, the Pupil of Origen60Minucius Felix61Gaius62Beryllus the Bishop63Hippolytus the Bishop64Alexander the Bishop65Julius Africanus66Geminus the Presbyter67Theodore, Also Called Gregory, the Bishop68Cornelius the Bishop69Cyprian the Bishop70Pontius the Deacon71Dionysius the Bishop72Novatian, Founder of a Heresy73Malchion the Presbyter74Archelaus the Bishop75Anatolius the Bishop76Victorinus the Bishop77Pamphilus the Presbyter78Pierius the Presbyter79Lucian the Presbyter80Phileas the Bishop81Arnobius the Teacher of Rhetoric82Lactantius the Teacher of Rhetoric83Eusebius the Bishop84Reticius the Bishop85Methodius the Bishop86Juvencus the Presbyter87Eustathius the Bishop88Marcellus the Bishop89Athanasius the Bishop90Antony the Monk91Basil the Bishop92Theodore the Bishop93Eusebius, Another Bishop94Triphyllius the Bishop95Donatus, Founder of a Heresy96Asterius the Philosopher97Lucifer the Bishop98Eusebius, Another Bishop99Fortunatianus the Bishop100Acacius the Bishop101Serapion the Bishop102Hilary the Bishop103Victorinus the Teacher of Rhetoric104Titus the Bishop105Damasus the Bishop106Apollinaris the Bishop107Gregory the Bishop108Pacian the Bishop109Photinus, Founder of a Heresy110Phoebadius the Bishop111Didymus the Blind112Optatus the Bishop113Acilius Severus the Senator114Cyril the Bishop115Euzoius the Bishop116Epiphanius the Bishop117Ephrem the Deacon118Basil, Another Bishop119Gregory, Another Bishop120Lucius the Bishop121Diodorus the Bishop122Eunomius, Founder of a Heresy123Priscillian the Bishop124Latronianus125Tiberianus126Ambrose the Bishop127Evagrius the Bishop128Ambrose, the Disciple of Didymus129Maximus, First a Philosopher, Then a Bishop130Another Gregory, Also a Bishop131John the Presbyter132Gelasius the Bishop133Theotimus the Bishop134Dexter, Son of Pacian, Now Praetorian Prefect135Amphilochius the Bishop136Sophronius137Jerome the Presbyter