Eros of Antioch explained

Eros of Antioch was Bishop and Patriarch of Antioch from about 154 AD until c. 169 AD.^[1] Eusebius puts his reign from the fifth year of Antoninus Pius^[2] and his successor Theophilus of Antioch as dating from the ninth year of Marcus Aurelius. Jerome says his rule began in 142 AD^[3] though this is doubted.^[4]

We know nothing of his bishopric,^[5] though his was a time of great persecution of the church generally.^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://mb-soft.com/believe/txw/antioch2.htm Patriarchs of Antioch
2. Eusebius, Hist Ecc.4.20.I.
3. Jerome, Chron, 199.
4. http://www.bartleby.com/210/12/064.html St. Theophilus, Bishop of Antioch, Confessor
5. The Rulers of the Church of Antioch
6. Glanville Downey, History of Antioch (Princeton University Press, 2015) p. 300.