Editing Ignatius of Antioch (section)

{{Short description|Patriarch of Antioch from 68 to 107}}
{{Infobox saint
| honorific_prefix = [[Saint]]
| name             = Ignatius of Antioch
| image            = Hosios_Loukas_(south_west_chapel,_south_side)_-_Ignatios.jpg
| imagesize        = 220px
| caption          = Fresco of Saint Ignatius on the south west chapel of the [[Hosios Loukas]] monastery.
| titles           = Patriarch of Antioch, Theophoros
| birth_name       = 
| birth_date       = 
| birth_place      = [[Syria (Roman province)|Province of Syria]], [[Roman Empire]]
| death_date       = [[Eusebius of Caesarea|Eusebius]]: {{circa|108}}<ref name="chronicle">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/jerome_chronicle_03_part2.htm |title=Chronicle, from the Latin translation of Jerome, p. 276 |access-date=22 October 2008 |archive-date=3 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403233105/http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/jerome_chronicle_03_part2.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[Richard Pervo|Pervo]]: 135–140<ref name="pervo">{{cite book |last=Pervo |first=Richard I. |title=The Making of Paul - Constructions of the Apostle in Early Christianity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RbGDwsknbdsC |location=Minneapolis, MN |publisher=Fortress Press |pages=134–135 |isbn=978-0-8006-9659-7 |author-link=Richard Pervo |access-date=23 June 2019 |archive-date=28 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628163108/https://books.google.com/books?id=RbGDwsknbdsC |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[Timothy Barnes (classicist)|Barnes]]: 140s AD<ref name="date of ignatius">{{Citation |last=Barnes |first=Timothy D. |title=The Date of Ignatius |journal=[[The Expository Times]] |volume=120 |number=3 |pages=119–130 |date=December 2008 |doi=10.1177/0014524608098730 |s2cid=170585027}}</ref>
| death_place      = [[Rome]], Roman Empire
| canonized_date   = [[Dicastery for the Causes of Saints|Pre-congregation]]
| canonized_by     = [[John the Apostle]] (said in later writings)
| attributes       = Surrounded by lions or in chains
| patronage        = Church in eastern Mediterranean; Church in North Africa
| major_shrine     = [[Basilica]] of [[Basilica of San Clemente|San Clemente]], Rome, Italy
| venerated_in     = [[Catholic Church]]<br />[[Eastern Orthodox Church]]<br />[[Oriental Orthodoxy]]<br />[[Church of the East]]<br />[[Anglican Communion]]<br />[[Lutheranism]]
| feast_day        = [[December 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|20 December]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]])<br />24 [[Koiak]] ([[martyrdom]] – [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Christianity]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Coptic-Books/Synaxarium-or-Synaxarion/04-Keyahk/24-Keyahk.html |title=24 كيهك - اليوم الرابع والعشرين من شهر كيهك - السنكسار |access-date=14 August 2018 |archive-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814232921/https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Coptic-Books/Synaxarium-or-Synaxarion/04-Keyahk/24-Keyahk.html |url-status=live}}</ref>)<br />7 [[Epip]] (commemoration - [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Christianity]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Coptic-Books/Synaxarium-or-Synaxarion/11-Abeeb/07-Abeeb.html |title=7 أبيب - اليوم السابع من شهر أبيب - السنكسار |access-date=14 August 2018 |archive-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814232834/https://st-takla.org/Full-Free-Coptic-Books/Synaxarium-or-Synaxarion/11-Abeeb/07-Abeeb.html |url-status=live}}</ref>)<br />17 October ([[Catholic Church]], Church of England, [[Lutheranism|Lutheran Churches]] and [[Syriac Christianity]])<br/>1 February (General Roman Calendar, 12th century–1969)<br /> Monday after 4th Sunday of [[Advent]] ([[Armenian Apostolic Church]])<ref>''Domar - the calendrical and liturgical cycle of the Armenian Orthodox Church, 2003'', Armenian Orthodox Theological Research Institute, 2002, p. 603.</ref>
}}

'''Ignatius of Antioch''' ({{IPAc-en|ɪ|g|ˈ|n|eɪ|ʃ|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ἰγνάτιος Ἀντιοχείας|Ignátios Antiokheías}}; died {{circa}} 108/140),<ref name="pervo"/><ref name="date of ignatius"/><ref>{{Citation |author=David Hugh Farmer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ry3TCQAAQBAJ |chapter=Ignatius of Antioch |title=The Oxford Dictionary of the Saints |location=New York |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |date=1987 |isbn=978-0-19-103673-6 |page=220}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pkVCYrN8tL4C |title=Eucharistic Doctors - A Theological History |author=Owen F. Cummings |publisher=[[Paulist Fathers|Paulist Press]] |date=2005 |isbn=978-0-8091-4243-9 |page=7}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=stdiAwAAQBAJ |title=Genesis 1–11 |page=193 |editor=Andrew Louth |publisher=[[InterVarsity Press]] |isbn=978-0-8308-9726-1 |date=2016}}</ref> also known as '''Ignatius Theophorus''' ({{langx|grc|label=none|Ἰγνάτιος ὁ Θεοφόρος|Ignátios ho Theophóros|the God-bearing}}), was an early Christian writer and [[Patriarch of Antioch]]. While en route to [[Rome]], where he met his [[Christian martyrs|martyrdom]], Ignatius wrote a series of letters. This correspondence forms a central part of a later collection of works by the [[Apostolic Fathers]]. He is considered one of the three most important of these, together with [[Clement of Rome]] and [[Polycarp]]. His letters also serve as an example of early [[Christian theology]], and address important topics including [[ecclesiology]], the [[sacraments]], and the role of [[bishops]].