About famous men

Essay by blzh. Hieronymus of Stridon "On Famous Men" was written at the request of the praetorian prefect Dexter in 393, consists of 135 chapters (short biographies of church writers) and is the first attempt at the history of Christian literature (or patrolology). The treatise was written with an apologetic purpose - to prove to the pagans that Christians do not lack educated people. Blzh. Jerome includes in his list not only Christian writers, but heretical writers (Bardesanus, Novatian, Apollinaris, Donatus, Photinus, Eunomius, etc.) and non-Christians (Seneca, Philo, Josephus, Justus of Tiberias). According to the content, the essay can be divided into 2 parts: compilative (chap. 1-78) and independent (chap. 79-135). The compilation part contains a number of errors (in translation or incorrect interpretation), compiled on the basis of materials from the “Church History” and partly from the “Chronicle” of Eusebius of Caesarea and the personal acquaintance of Bl. Jerome with Christian literature (especially Western). The independent part was compiled on the basis of library catalogs and the erudition of the blj. Jerome in church literature of the 4th century. Only in this treatise is there information about such church writers as Arnobius, Juvencus, Akakios of Caesarea, Gelasius of Caesarea, and others. A significant drawback of the work is the brevity of the messages about the most famous writers: St. Epiphanius, Gregory the Theologian, Gregory of Nyssa, Ambrose, John Chrysostom and others. The final chapter 135 contains valuable autobiographical information about the life and literary activity of the blessed one. Jerome until 393. This chapter was preserved in 3 different editions, and in the 3rd to the list of works of the blj. Jerome added about 30 more works. Presumably, these additions were made by the author himself for the new edition of his work. *The title of the work in Latin is De viris illustribus. Contents of Chapters 1–19 Pet. Jacob the Righteous. Matthew. Judas. Paul. Barnabas. Luke. Mark. John. Erm. Philo Judeus. Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Joseph. Just. Clement. Ignatius of Antioch. Polycarp. Papias. Square. Chapters 20–39 Aristide. Agrippa. Hegesippus. Justin. Melito from Sardis. Theophilus. Apollinaris. Dionysius. Pinit Kritsky. Tatian. Philip of Crete. Musan. Modest. Vardesan from Mesopotamia. Victor. Irenaeus. Panten. Rodon. Clement. Miltiades. Chapters 40–59 Apollonius. Serapion. Apollonius. Theophilus. Bakhil. Polycrates. Heraclitus. Maxim. Candide. Appion. Sixtus Arabian. Judas. Tertullian. Origen. Ammonium. Ambrose. Tryphon. Minucius Felix. Guy. Chapters 60–79 Beryl. Hippolytus. Alexander of Cappadocia. Julius Africanus. Gemin. Theodore (Gregory of Neocaesarea). Cornelius. Cyprian Africanus. Pontius. Dionysius of Alexandria. Novatian. Malchion. Archelaus. Anatoly of Alexandria. Victorin. Pamphil. Pierius. Lucian. Sirloin. Arnobiy. Chapters 80–99 Firmian (Lactantius). Eusebius of Caesarea. Reticius. Methodius. Juventius. Eustathius. Markell. Afanasy. Anthony. Vasily Ankirsky. Theodore. Eusebius of Emesa. Triphylium. Donat. Asterius. Lucifer of Calaria. Eusebius from Sardinia. Fortunatian. Akakiy. Serapion. Chapters 100–135 Ilarius. Victorin. Titus Damas. Apollinaris. Gregory from Elvira. Pakian. Photin. Phebadiy. Didim. Optat. Akiliy Sever. Cyril of Jerusalem. Euzoy. Epiphanius. Ephraim. Basil of Caesarea. Gregory of Nazianzus. Lukiy. Diodorus. Eunomius. Priscillian. Latronian. Tiberian. Ambrose of Milan. Evagrius. Ambrose of Alexandria. Maxim. Gregory of Nyssa. John of Antioch. Gelasius. Theotim. Dexter. Amphilochius. Sophrony. Jerome. You might be interested in: