# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jovinian
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:43:21.709Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jovinian"
name: "Jovinian"
slug: "jovinian"
description: "Jovinian was an opponent of Christian asceticism in the 4th century and was condemned as a heretic at synods convened in Rome under Pope Siricius and in Milan by Ambrose in 393 because of his views. Our information about him is derived principally from the work of Jerome in two books, Adversus Jovinianum. Jerome referred to him as the \"Epicurus of Christianity\". He was a native of Corduene, in present day Turkey. John Henry Newman called Aerius of Sebaste, Jovinian and Vigilantius the forerunners of Protestantism, likening them to the \"Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli of the fourth century\". Other Protestants also praise Jovinian as an early reformer or even credit him as the \"first Protestant\". Jovinian's teachings received much popular support in Rome and Milan and his followers Sarmatio and Barbatianus kept preaching his ideas after Jovinian was expelled."
tagline: "4th century opponent of Christian asceticism"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jovinianus.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "400"
deathDate: "405"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.36562533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovinian"
    title: "Jovinian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovinian"
    title: "Jovinian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joviniano"
    title: "Joviniano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joviniano"
    title: "Joviniano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جوینیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovinianus"
    title: "Jovinianus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovinien_(moine)"
    title: "Jovinien (moine)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gioviniano"
    title: "Gioviniano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jowinian"
    title: "Jowinian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joviniano"
    title: "Joviniano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Иовиниан"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump