Hegesippus (Ancient Greek: Ἡγήσιππος; c. 110 – c. 180 AD [1]), also known as Hegesippus the Nazarene, [2] was a Christian writer of the early Church who, in spite of his Greek name, may …

Saint Hegesippus (flourished 2nd century; feast day April 7) was a Greek Christian historian and champion of orthodoxy who opposed the heresy of Gnosticism (q.v.).

One of the sub-Apostolic age, a contemporary of Justin and of the martyrs of "the good Aurelius," we must yet distinguish Hegesippus from the apologists. He is the earliest of the Church's …

Eusebius quotes from Hegesippus a long and apparently legendary account of the death of St. James, "the brother of the Lord", also the story of the election of his successor Symeon, and …

Baur finds in Hegesippus a most determined antagonist of Paul, and his testimony is appealed to as proof that the Petrine faction had gained the predominance not only in the churches of the …

A convert from Judaism, he traveled to many Christian communities, affirming their adherence to authentic doctrine. St. Hegesippus, often known as the first Christian historian, was a 2nd …

May 29, 2025 · Hegesippus refers to an early Christian figure recognized as the first ecclesiastical historian, active during the reigns of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius.

Hegesippus (1), commonly known as the father of church history, although his works, except a few fragments which will be found in Routh (Rel. Sacr. i. pp. 207–219) and in Grabe (Spicil. ii. …

Born in Jerusalem, Hegesippus spent twenty years in Rome. He was the first to record the succession of popes from St. Peter to St. Eleutherius. Only a fragment of his work remains. …

He was converted to the Christian faith, and came to Rome about A.D. 168, where he died, according to the Alexandrine Chronicle, in the reign of Commodus, about A.D. 180.