entity_id,canonical_name,greek_name,tradition,entity_type,category,primary_domains,tags,cult_scope,primary_period,evidence_confidence,review_status,inclusion_basis,earth_association_score,chthonic_flag,serpent_flag,short_note,entity_class ENT_PAT_AMBROSE,Ambrose of Milan,,Christian,Church Father / Doctor,Church Father / Doctor,Hymnody; ecclesiology; anti-Arian polemic; episcopal authority,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Bishop of Milan (c. 339-397), one of the four Latin Doctors; baptizer of Augustine, attested by Paulinus's Vita.",sage ENT_PAT_AUGUSTINE,Augustine of Hippo,,Christian,Church Father / Doctor,Church Father / Doctor,Grace; original sin; Trinitarian theology; philosophy of history,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Bishop of Hippo (354-430), one of the four Latin Doctors; attested by his own Confessions and City of God and by Possidius's Vita.",sage ENT_PAT_BEDE,Bede the Venerable,,Christian,Church Father / Doctor,Church Father / Doctor,Ecclesiastical history; exegesis; chronology (computus),,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Northumbrian monk (c. 673-735), Doctor of the Church; author of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, attested by his own works and autobiographical note.",sage ENT_PAT_CLEMENT_ALEX,Clement of Alexandria,,Christian,Church Father / theologian,Church Father / theologian,Christian philosophy; catechesis; the true gnosis,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Titus Flavius Clemens (c. 150-215), head of the Alexandrian catechetical school; attested by his Protrepticus, Paedagogus, and Stromata and by Eusebius.",sage ENT_PAT_CLEMENT_ROME,Clement of Rome,,Christian,Apostolic Father / Pope,Apostolic Father / Pope,Church order; concord; early Roman primacy,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Bishop of Rome (late 1st c.), an Apostolic Father; attested chiefly by the First Epistle of Clement (1 Clement) and by later episcopal lists.",sage ENT_PAT_CYPRIAN,Cyprian of Carthage,,Christian,Church Father,Church Father,Ecclesiology; unity of the Church; the lapsed; martyrdom,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Bishop of Carthage (c. 210-258), martyr; attested by his own letters and treatises and by the Acta proconsularia.",sage ENT_PAT_CYRIL_ALEX,Cyril of Alexandria,,Christian,Church Father / Doctor,Church Father / Doctor,Christology; the Theotokos title; anti-Nestorian polemic,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Patriarch of Alexandria (c. 376-444), Doctor of the Church; leading figure at the Council of Ephesus (431), attested by his letters and dogmatic works. Distinct from existing Cyril and Methodius in the DB.",sage ENT_PAT_GREGORY_GREAT,Gregory the Great,,Christian,Church Father / Doctor / Pope,Church Father / Doctor / Pope,Pastoral theology; liturgy; monasticism; mission,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Pope Gregory I (c. 540-604), one of the four Latin Doctors; attested by his own letters, Dialogues, and Pastoral Rule.",sage ENT_PAT_GREGORY_NYSSA,Gregory of Nyssa,,Christian,Church Father / Cappadocian,Church Father / Cappadocian,Trinitarian theology; mystical theology; apophaticism,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Bishop of Nyssa (c. 335-395), one of the three Cappadocian Fathers, younger brother of Basil; attested by his theological and ascetical corpus. Distinct from existing Gregory the Theologian (Nazianzen) and Gregory Palamas in the DB.",sage ENT_PAT_HILARY_POITIERS,Hilary of Poitiers,,Christian,Church Father / Doctor,Church Father / Doctor,Anti-Arian Trinitarian theology; Latin defense of Nicaea,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Bishop of Poitiers (c. 310-367), Doctor of the Church, called 'the Athanasius of the West'; attested by his De Trinitate and by Jerome.",sage ENT_PAT_IGNATIUS_ANTIOCH,Ignatius of Antioch,,Christian,Apostolic Father,Apostolic Father,Episcopacy; Eucharist; martyrdom; church unity,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Bishop of Antioch (d. c. 108), an Apostolic Father and martyr; attested by his seven authentic letters written en route to martyrdom in Rome.",sage ENT_PAT_IRENAEUS,Irenaeus of Lyons,,Christian,Church Father / Doctor,Church Father / Doctor,Anti-Gnostic polemic; apostolic succession; recapitulation theology,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Bishop of Lyons (c. 130-202); author of Against Heresies, attested by that work and by Eusebius.",sage ENT_PAT_ISIDORE_SEVILLE,Isidore of Seville,,Christian,Church Father / Doctor,Church Father / Doctor,Encyclopedic learning (Etymologiae); transmission of patristic heritage,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Bishop of Seville (c. 560-636), Doctor of the Church, often called the last of the Latin Fathers; author of the Etymologiae.",sage ENT_PAT_JEROME,Jerome of Stridon,,Christian,Church Father / Doctor,Church Father / Doctor,Scripture translation (Vulgate); biblical exegesis; asceticism,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Priest and scholar (c. 347-420), one of the four Latin Doctors; attested by his own letters and prefaces and by Gennadius.",sage ENT_PAT_JOHN_DAMASCUS,John of Damascus,,Christian,Church Father / Doctor,Church Father / Doctor,Dogmatic synthesis; defense of icons; systematics,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Damascene monk and theologian (c. 675-749), Doctor of the Church, traditionally the last of the Greek Fathers; author of the Fount of Knowledge and the Apologies against the iconoclasts.",sage ENT_PAT_JUSTIN_MARTYR,Justin Martyr,,Christian,Church Father / apologist,Church Father / apologist,Apologetics; the Logos doctrine; engagement with philosophy,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Greek apologist (c. 100-165), martyr; attested by his First and Second Apologies, the Dialogue with Trypho, and the Acts of his martyrdom.",sage ENT_PAT_LEO_GREAT,Leo the Great,,Christian,Church Father / Doctor / Pope,Church Father / Doctor / Pope,Christology (the Tome); papal primacy; preaching,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Pope Leo I (c. 400-461), Doctor of the Church; his Tome shaped the Council of Chalcedon (451), attested by his letters and sermons.",sage ENT_PAT_MAXIMUS_CONFESSOR,Maximus the Confessor,,Christian,Church Father / theologian,Church Father / theologian,Christology (two wills); cosmic theology; the spiritual life,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Byzantine monk and theologian (c. 580-662), opponent of Monothelitism; attested by his own extensive corpus and the Acts of his trial.",sage ENT_PAT_ORIGEN,Origen of Alexandria,,Christian,Church Father / theologian,Church Father / theologian,Biblical exegesis; allegory; speculative theology; the Hexapla,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Alexandrian exegete (c. 184-253); foundational but later partly condemned, attested by Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History and his own surviving works.",sage ENT_PAT_POLYCARP,Polycarp of Smyrna,,Christian,Apostolic Father,Apostolic Father,Apostolic transmission; martyrdom; pastoral exhortation,,devotional,,C,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Bishop of Smyrna (c. 69-155), an Apostolic Father, disciple of John; attested by his Letter to the Philippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp.",sage ENT_PAT_TERTULLIAN,Tertullian,,Christian,Church Father / theologian,Church Father / theologian,Latin theological vocabulary (Trinitas); apologetics; rigorism,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Carthaginian writer (c. 155-220), first major Latin Christian author; later a Montanist, attested by his own corpus and by Jerome.",sage