Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume IV/Prolegomena/Chronology and Tables/Synoptical Table of Bishops

II. Synoptical Table of the Bishops of the Chief Sees.

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N.B.&#8212;The names of bishops in italics are open to doubt regarding their date.

An asterisk prefixed to a bishop&#8217;s name means that he was elected when the see was not de facto vacant (the case of Ursinus of Rome in 366 is not free from doubt).

&#8224; after the name of a synod indicates that although not formally Arian it was held under the influence of Eusebius of Nicomedia.

Arianism by its creeds (N.B. no creed at Arles or Milan, 353&#8211;355).
 * denotes a synod more or less implicated in


 * denote a formally Arian synod.

&#8216;Semi-Arian&#8217; synods are printed in italics.