Arius
250 – 336
Libyan

Theologian. He founded Arianism, the doctrine that Christ was of similar but not identical substance to God, and therefore subordinate. Arianism was sharply and successfully opposed as a form of polytheism by St. Athanasius and others at the Council of Nicaea, but remained influential for many years, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean. It still has an echo in contemporary Unitarianism.

Contemporaries
233–304Porphyry
205–270Plotinus
185–254Origen
150–250Nagarjuna
215–276Manichaeus
fl. 250Longus
240–320Lactantius
332–363Julian
291–371St. Hilarion
fl. 250Heliodorus
c. 275–303St. George
264–340Eusebius of Caesarea
304–384St. Damasus I
200–258St. Cyprian
315–386St. Cyril of Jerusalem
274–337Constantine I
fl. c. 150–c. 250St. Cecilia
?–307St. Catherine
fl. 250Bhasa
329–379St. Basil
296–373St. Athanasius
251–356St. Anthony
fl. 250St. Alban