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Our father among the [[saint]]s'''Serapion of Antioch''' was the [[bishop]] of Antioch from 191 to 211. He actively fought against Gnosticism that was being spread in the area of Edessa at the time. His [[feast day]] is [[October 30]].
==Life==
Nothing is known of the early life of Bp. Serapion. He is known mainly through his theological writings as recorded by [[Eusebius of Caesarea|Eusebius]], especially those that Serapion wrote against [[Montanism]], Gnosticism, and [[Docetism]]. <ref>Historia ecclesiastica V, 19</ref> <ref>Hist. Eccles, VI, 12.2</ref>
Serapion also acted against the influence of Gnosticism in Edessa, in Mesopotamia, by [[consecration of a bishop|consecrating]] Palut bishop of Edessa, who preached against the increasingly Gnostic tendencies that the Syriac Jacob Bardesanes was introducing to the Christian community of Edessa. Bp. Serapion also [[ordination|ordained]] Pantaenus, the founder of the [[Catechetical School of Alexandria]], as a [[priest]] or bishop in Edessa.
[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Patriarchs of Antioch]]
[[Category:2nd-3rd-century bishops]]
[[Category:3rd-century saints]]
