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Photinus, Bishop of Sirmium, -376 (Personal Name)

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  • Photin, Bishop of Sirmium, -376
  • Earlier heading: Photinus, Bishop of Sirmium, d. 343

Hübner, Reinhard M. Die Schrift des Apolinaris von Laodicea gegen Photin, 1989: title page (Photin) pages 163-164 (Photin; like his mentor Marcellus, he hailed from Ancyra (modern Ankara); sometime shortly before 344, he was made bishop of Sirmium (modern-day Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia). He was deposed in 351 but reinstated under Emperor Julian. He was again deposed under Emperor Valentinian (who reigned from 364 to 375) and died in 376 in exile)

New Catholic encyclopedia. Second edition: volume 13, page 168 (under Sirmium: Photinus, bishop of Sirmium; died 343 [sic; in fact, 343 was most likely the year in which Photinus was made a bishop]; [a few lines later in the same entry, this statement occurs:] Photinus was deposed as bishop by a synod held in Sirmium in 351)

New Catholic encyclopedia. Second edition: volume 1, page 662 (under Arianism: Photinus, bishop of Sirmium; he was deposed by a synod held at Sirmium in 351)

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