Isaac of Antioch

Syrian theologian and writer
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Also known as: Isaac the Great
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Also called:
Isaac the Great
Died:
c. 460

Isaac of Antioch (died c. 460) was a Syrian writer, probably a priest of an independent Syrian Christian church and author of a wealth of theological literature and historical verse describing events in Rome and Asia Minor. According to 5th-century Byzantine chroniclers, Isaac was a native of Amida, near modern Erzurum, Turkey. At Rome he composed verse on the civic festivals of 404 and the capture of Rome by the Visigoths under Alaric in 410. During later travels, he was imprisoned briefly by the Byzantines in Constantinople for unknown reasons. Isaac then settled with the Christian community at Antioch, modern ...(100 of 253 words)