List of Church Fathers and Ecclesiastical Writers

(Updated July 16, 2025)

Church Fathers

• St. Barnabas (1st century) | EAST
• St. Pope Clement I (died c. 99) | WEST
• St. Ignatius of Antioch (died c. 107) | EAST
• St. Quadratus of Athens (died 129) | EAST
• St. Papias of Hierapolis (c. 60-c. 130) | EAST
• St. Polycarp (69-155) | EAST
• St. Justin Martyr (c. 100-165) | EAST
• St. Hegesippus (c. 110-c. 180) | EAST
• St. Dionysius of Corinth (early to mid-100s) | EAST
• St. Melito of Sardis (died c. 180) | EAST
• St. Theophilus of Antioch (died c. 183-85) | EAST
• St. Irenaeus of Lyon (c. 130-c. 202) | EAST/WEST
• St. Athenagoras of Athens (c. 133-c. 190) | EAST
• St. Apollinaris Claudius (late 100s) | EAST
• St. Pantaenus of Alexandria (died c. 200) | EAST
• St. Serapion of Antioch (died 211) | EAST
• St. Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-c. 215) | EAST
• St. Hippolytus of Rome (c. 170-c. 235) | WEST
• St. Alexander of Cappadocia/Jerusalem (died 251) | EAST
• St. Pope Cornelius (died 253) | WEST
• St. Cyprian of Carthage (c. 210-258) | WEST
• St. Pontius of Carthage (early 200s-c. 262) | WEST
• St. Dionysius of Alexandria/the Great (died 264) | EAST
• St. Pope Dionysius of Rome (died 268) | WEST
• St. Gregory Thaumaturgus (c. 213-270) | EAST
• St. Anatolius of Laodicea (died 283) | EAST
• St. Theonas of Alexandria (died 300) | EAST
• St. Victorinus of Pettau/Petovium (died 303/304) | WEST
• St. Phileas of Thmuis (died c. 306) | EAST
• St. Pamphilus of Caesarea (died 309) | EAST
• St. Peter of Alexandria (died 311) | EAST
• St. Methodius of Olympus (died c. 311) | EAST
• St. Pierius of Alexandria (died c. 312) | EAST
• St. Alexander of Alexandria (died 326/328) | EAST
• St. Aphrahat the Persian (c. 280-c. 345) | EAST
• St. Pope Julius I (280-352) | WEST
• St. Macarius of Egypt/the Great/the Spirit Bearer (c. 300-c. 391) | EAST
• St. Didymus the Blind (c. 313-398) | EAST
• St. Serapion of Thmuis (died c. 360) | EAST
• St. Athanasius (c. 296/98-373) | EAST
• St. Optatus of Milevis (300s) | WEST
• St. Paphnutius of Thebes (300s) | EAST
• Desert Fathers (300s) | EAST
• St. Pope Damasus I (c. 305-384) | WEST
• St. Hilary of Poitiers (c. 310-c. 367) | WEST
• St. Ephrem the Syrian (c. 306-373) | EAST
• St. Pacian of Barcelona (c. 310-391) | WEST
• St. Epiphanius of Salamis (c. 310/320-403) | EAST
• St. Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 313-386) | EAST
• St. Gregory Nazianzus (c. 329-390) | EAST
• St. Basil (330-379) | EAST
• St. Pope Siricius I (334-399) | WEST
• St. Pope Anastasius I (died 401) | WEST
• St. Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-395) | EAST
• St. Nicetas of Remesiana (c. 335-414) | WEST
• St. Ambrose of Milan (c. 340-397) | WEST
• St. Jerome (c. 342/347-420) | EAST/WEST
• St. Chromatius of Aquileia (died c. 406/407) | WEST
• St. John Chrysostom (c. 347-407) | EAST
• St. Pope Innocent I (died 417) | WEST
• St. Pope Zosimus (died 418) | WEST
• St. Shenoute (c. 348-465) | EAST
• St. Augustine (354-430) | WEST
• St. Paulinus of Nola (c. 354-431) | WEST
• St. John Cassian (c. 360-c. 435) | EAST
• St. Possidius (died c. 437) | WEST
• St. Pope Celestine I (c. 376-432) | WEST
• St. Cyril of Alexandria (c. 376-444) | EAST
• St. Valerian of Abbenza (377-457) | WEST
• St. Peter Chrysologus (c. 380-c. 450) | WEST
• St. Maximus of Turin (c. 380-c. 465) | WEST
• St. Proclus of Constantinople (c. 390-446) | EAST
• St. Prosper of Aquitaine (c. 390-c. 455) | WEST
• St. Simeon Stylites (c. 390-459) | EAST
• St. Pope Leo the Great (c. 400-461) | WEST
• St. Faustus of Riez (c. 400/410-c. 490) | WEST
• St. Hilary of Arles (c. 403-c. 449) | WEST
• St. Vincent of Lérins (died c. 445) | WEST
• St. Patrick of Ireland (400s) | WEST
• St. Mark the Monk/Eremita (400s) | EAST
• St. Sechnall of Ireland (died c. 447/448) | WEST
• St. Quodvultdeus of Carthage (died c. 450) | WEST
• St. Isaiah the Solitary (died 491) | EAST
• St. Pope Gelasius I (died 496) | WEST
• St. Pope Symmachus (died 514) | WEST
• St. Pope Hormisdas (c. 450-523) | WEST
• St. Jacob of Serug (c. 451-521) | EAST
• St. Ailbe (died 528) | WEST
• St. Fulgentius of Ruspe (c. 467/472-527/533) | WEST
• St. Caesarius of Arles (c. 468/470-542) | WEST
• St. Magnus Felix Ennodius (c. 473/74-521) | WEST
• St. Benedict (480-547) | WEST
• St. Romanos the Melodist (late 400s-after 555) | EAST
• St. Dorotheus of Gaza (c. 505-c. 565) | EAST
• St. Comghall (c. 510-520-597/602) | WEST
• St. Ciarán (c. 516-c. 549) | WEST
• St. Martin of Braga (c. 520-580) | WEST
• St. Barsanuphius (died c. 545) | EAST
• St. Venantius (c. 530-c. 600/609) | WEST
• St. Leander of Seville (c. 534-600/601) | WEST
• St. Gregory of Tours (c. 538-594) | WEST
• St. Pope Gregory the Great (c. 540-604) | WEST
• St. Columban (543-615) | WEST
• St. Modestus of Jerusalem (died 634) | EAST
• St. Anastasius I of Antioch (c. 558/559-70-c. 596-98) | EAST
• St. Isidore of Seville (c. 560-636) | WEST
• St. Pope Agatho (c. 577-681) | WEST
• St. John Climacus (c. 579-649) | EAST
• St. Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662) | EAST
• St. Braulio of Saragossa/Zaragoza (585-651) | WEST
• St. Carthage (500s) | WEST
• St. Pope Martin I (590 to 600-655) | WEST
• St. Pope Leo II (c. 611-683) | WEST
• St. Fructuosus of Braga (died 665) | WEST
• St. Isaac of Nineveh/Isaac the Syrian (c. 613-c. 700) | EAST
• St. Germanus of Constantinople (c. 634-733/40) | EAST
• St. Julian of Toledo (642-90) | WEST
• St. Anastasius of Sinai (died after 700) | EAST
• St. Andrew of Crete/Jerusalem (c. 650-712/726/740) | EAST
• St. Pope Gregory II (669-731) | WEST
• St. Bede the Venerable (c. 672/73-735) | WEST
• St. Pope Gregory III (died 741) | WEST
• St. Boniface (c. 675-754) | WEST
• St. John of Damascus (c. 675/76-749) | EAST
• St. Pope Zachary (679-752) | WEST
• St. John of Old Lavra/of the Ancient Caves of Palestine (700s) | EAST
• St. Benedict of Aniane (747-821) | WEST
• St. Nicephorus I of Constantinople (c. 758-828) | EAST
• St. Theodore the Studite (759-826) | EAST
• St. Gregory of Narek (c. 945-951-c. 1001-1011 | EAST
• St. Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) | EAST
• St. Bruno of Cologne (c. 1030-1101) | WEST
• St. Anselm of Canterbury (1033/1034-1109 | WEST
• St. Hildegard of Bingen (c. 1098-1179) | WEST

Ecclesiastical Writers

• Mathetes (c. late first/early second century) | EAST/WEST?
• The Shepherd of Hermas (early to mid-100s) | EAST/WEST?
• Aristo of Pella (c. 100-c. 160) | EAST
• Tatian the Syrian (c. 120-c. 180) | EAST
• Theophilus, Bishop of Caesarea Maritima (died 195) | EAST
• Polycrates of Ephesus (c. 130-196) | EAST
• Rhodon (late 100s) | EAST
• Pseudo-Irenaeus (late 100s) | EAST/WEST?
• Maximus II, Bishop of Jerusalem (late 100s) | EAST
• Apollonius of Ephesus (late 100s to early 200s) | EAST
• Tertullian (c. 155-c. 220) | WEST
• Sextus Julius Africanus (c. 160-c. 240) | EAST
• Origen (c. 184-c. 253) | EAST
• Asterius Urbanus (200s) | WEST/EAST?
• Minucius Felix (died c. 250) | WEST
• Novatian (c. 200-c. 258) | WEST
• Theognostus of Alexandria (c. 210-c. 270) | EAST
• Caius the Presbyter (200s) | WEST
• Theodotus (200s) | WEST/EAST?
• Commodianus (mid 200s) | WEST?
• Firmilian of Cappadocia (died c. 269) | WEST
• Malchion of Antioch (200s) | EAST
• Archelaus, Bishop of Carrhae (died late 200s) | EAST
• Alexander, Bishop of Lycopolis (died early 300s) | EAST
• Lactantius (c. 250-c. 325) | WEST
• Arnobius (died c. 330) | WEST
• Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 260/265-339) | EAST
• Emperor Constantine the Great (c. 272-337) | EAST/WEST
• Gaius Marius Victorinus (290-364) | WEST
• Firmicus Maternus (300s) | WEST
• Daniel of Scetis (300s) | EAST
• Pseudo-Clement (mid 300s) | EAST/WEST?
• Tyconius (died 390) | WEST
• Nemesius of Emesa (late 300s) | EAST
• Ammianus Marcellinus (c. 330-c. 391-400) | PAGAN
• Emperor Julian “the Apostate” (331-363) | PAGAN
• Claudius Mamertinus (mid-300s) | PAGAN
• Paulinus the Deacon (died 400s) | WEST
• Rufinus of Aquileia (344/45-411) | WEST
• Evagrius Ponticus/the Solitary (345-99) | EAST
• Prudentius (348-c. 405-13) | WEST
• Theodore of Mopsuestia (c. 350-428) | EAST
• Severian of Gabala (355-408/425) | EAST
• Palladius of Galatia (c. 363-420s) | EAST
• Sulpicius Severus (c. 363-c. 425) | WEST
• Ambrosiaster/Pseudo-Ambrose (wrote c. 366-384) | WEST
• Philostorgius (368-c. 439) | EAST
• Paulus Orosius of Braga (c. 375/85-c. 420) | WEST
• Socrates of Constantinople (c. 380-after 439) | EAST
• Egeria (pilgrimage from c. 381/2-84) | WEST
• Julian of Eclanum (c. 386-c. 455) | WEST
• Theodoret of Cyrus (c. 393-c. 458/466) | EAST
• Leporius the Monk (late 300s/early 400s) | WEST
• Salvian the Presbyter (400s) | WEST
• Sozomen (c. 400-c. 450) | EAST
• Diadochus of Photikē (c. 400-c. 486) | EAST
• Gennadius of Constantinople (died 471) | EAST
• Gennadius of Massilia (died c. 496) | WEST
• Pope Anastasius II (died 498) | WEST
• Julianus Pomerius (died c. 499-505) | WEST
• Avitus of Vienne (c. 450-517/518 or 519) | WEST
• Eugippius (c. 460-c. 535) | WEST
• Pope John II (c. 475-535) | WEST
• Pope Vigilius (died 555) | WEST
• Emperor Justinian I (482-565) | EAST
• Leontius of Constantinople (c. 485-c. 545) | EAST
• Cassiodorus (c. 485-c. 585) | WEST
• Arator (c. 490-after 544) | WEST
• Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (late 400s-early 500s) | EAST
• Pantoleon, Deacon (early 500s?) | EAST
• Timothy of Jerusalem (500s) | EAST
• Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor (500s) | EAST
• Agapetus (500s) | EAST
• Apringius of Beja (500s) | WEST
• Cyril of Scythopolis (c. 525-c. 559) | EAST
• Paul the Silentiary (died 575-580) | EAST
• Evagrius Scholasticus (c. 536-594) | EAST
• Paschasius of Dumium (mid 500s) | WEST
• Andrew of Caesarea (563-614) | EAST
• Pope John IV (died 642) | WEST
• Pope Theodore II (died 649) | WEST
• Oecumenius (600s?) | EAST
• John, Archbishop of Thessalonica (600s) | EAST
• Theoteknos, Bishop of Livias (600s) | EAST
• Pope Stephen II (714-757) | WEST
• Antipope Constantine II (died c. 769) | WEST
• Pope Stephen III (720-772) | WEST
• Pope Hadrian I (700-795) | WEST
• Kosmas Vestitor (c. 730-c. 850) | EAST
• Alcuin of York (c. 735-804) | WEST
• Theodulf of Orleans (c. 750/60-821) | WEST
• Theodore Abū Qurrah (c. 750-c. 825) | EAST
• Jonas of Orleans (c. 760-843) | WEST
• Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel (c. 770-c. 840) | WEST
• Amalar of Metz (c. 775-c. 850) | WEST
• Mena of Nikiou (700s) | EAST
• Pisentius of Coptos (700s) | EAST
• Zacharias of Sakhā (700s) | EAST
• John of Euboea (mid 800s) | EAST
• Emperor Leo VI, “the Wise” (886-912) | EAST
• Odo of Glanfeuil (800s) | WEST
• Grimlaicus (800s or 900s) | WEST
• Cormac mac Cuilennáin (died 908) | WEST
• Anselm of Havelberg (c. 1100-1158) | WEST
• Philagathus of Cerami (died after 1154) | EAST
• Nephytos the Recluse/of Cyprus (1134-1214) | EAST
• Joachim of Fiore (c. 1135-1202) | WEST
• Niketas Choniatēs (c. 1155-1217) | EAST
• Hugh of Saint Cher (c. 1200-1263) | WEST
• Nicholas of Gorran (1232-1295) | WEST
• Theoleptos of Philadelphia (c. 1250-1322) | EAST
• Nikephoros Choumnos (c. 1250/55-1327) | EAST
• Vital du Four (1260-1327) | WEST
• Gregory of Sinai/the Sinaite (c. 1260s-1346) | EAST
• Peter Auriol (c. 1280-1322) | WEST
• Gregory Palamas (c. 1296-1359) | EAST
• Giyorgis of Segla/Enzira Sebhat (c. 1365-1425) | EAST
• Giovanni Nanni (1437-1502) | WEST
• Timothy of Antioch/Jerusalem (500s-700s?) | EAST