Philetus of Antioch

{{Short description|Patriarch of Antioch, c. 218 – 231}}

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Philetus of Antioch was the eleventh Patriarch of Antioch, between 218 or 220 and 231 AD,[http://www.balamand.edu.lb/theology/ignpatriarchs.htm Patriarchs of the Apostolic See of Antioch][http://sor.cua.edu/Patriarchate/PatriarchsChronList.html Patriarchs of Antioch: Chronological List] successor of Asclepiades in the Church of Antioch and predecessor of Zebinnus, according to Eusebius of Caesarea.[http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250106.htm The Bishops that were well known at that Time] His bishopric took place while Elagabalus and Severus Alexander were emperors.

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Category:Patriarchs of Antioch