Hegesippus
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The Greek name Hegesippos, commonly Latinized as Hegesippus can refer to the following persons:
- Hegesippus (orator)Hegesippus (orator)Hegesippus was a statesman and orator, nicknamed "knot", probably from the way in which he wore his hair. He lived in the time of Demosthenes, of whose anti-Macedonian policy he was an enthusiastic supporter. In 343 BC, he was one of the ambassadors sent to Macedonia to discuss, amongst other...
- Saint Hegesippus (chronicler)Hegesippus (chronicler)Saint Hegesippus , was a Christian chronicler of the early Church who may have been a Jewish convert and certainly wrote against heresies of the Gnostics and of Marcion...