Title: Patriarch

Alternate names/spellings: Philoponus

Dates: 500 - 600 (Dates are approximate. ) 

John Philoponus was the author of works concerning Christian theology and Aristotelian philosophy. Little is known about his life except that he was born and studied in Alexandria. After his death, Philoponus was condemned as a heretic because of his controversial theories concerning the Trinity. TLM