Hegesippus (chronicler)
Saint Hegesippus | |
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| Born | c.110 AD |
| Died | c.180 AD Jerusalem, Syria Palaestina |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 7 April |
Hegesippus (Ἅγιος Ἡγήσιππος; c. 110 – c.180 AD), also known as Hegesippus the Nazarene, was a Christian writer of the early Church who, in spite of his Greek name, may have been a Jewish convert and certainly wrote against heresies of the Gnostics and of Marcion.