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Epiphanius, St

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Epiphanius, St (c.315–403), Bp. of Salamis and Metropolitan of Cyprus from 367. He was an ardent upholder of the faith of Nicaea, took part in the Apollinarian and Melitian controversies and, after meeting St Jerome in 382, joined with him in his attack on Origenism. His ‘Panarion’ or ‘Refutation of all the Heresies’ describes and attacks every heresy known to him. Feast day, 12 May.

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Epiphanius, St

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Epiphanius, St (c.315–403). Church father and bishop of Salamis in Cyprus. He was a strong supporter of Nicaea, and opponent of heresy. His most important writing was the Refutation of all Heresies (in Gk. the Panarion, ‘medicine chest’), in which he attacked all heresies (or all that he knew) up to his own time.

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