Theognis of Nicaea () was a 4th-century Bishop of Nicaea, excommunicated after the

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for not denouncing

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and his

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strongly enough. He is best known to

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as an attendee present at the Council of Nicaea in 325. He was one of the Arian

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at that Council. He eventually signed the Nicean Creed with the other Arian supporters, Zopyrus (Bishop of Barca), Eusebius of Nicomedia and Maris of Chalcedon.Charles Freeman, The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason, 2002. He was

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d with the other three Arian bishops.

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4th-century bishops in Roman Anatolia Arian bishops Bishops of Nicaea People excommunicated by Christian churches Year of birth unknown Participants in the First Council of Nicaea {{EarlyChurch-bishop-stub