# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maternus-cynegius
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:04:30.531Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maternus-cynegius"
name: "Maternus Cynegius"
slug: "maternus-cynegius"
description: "Maternus Cynegius was a Roman bureaucrat and close confidant of the emperor Theodosius I. He held the offices of praetorian prefect of the East (384–388) and consul (388), and has been widely blamed by historians for instigating the widespread destruction of pagan temples and shrines throughout the eastern Roman provinces. Some recent authors, however, have questioned his role in events and his overall reputation as a Christian fanatic and temple destroyer."
tagline: "Consul of the Roman Empire"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R%C3%A9plicaMissoriumTeodosioMNAR.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "400"
deathDate: "388"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.32
  momentum:             6.226415094339624
  historical:           12.00846
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%B9"
    title: "Матерн Кінегій"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "ماترنوس سينجيوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Матерн Кинегий"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matern_Cin%C3%A8gi_(c%C3%B2nsol_388)"
    title: "Matern Cinègi (cònsol 388)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternus_Cynegius"
    title: "Maternus Cynegius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternus_Cynegius"
    title: "Maternus Cynegius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materno_Cinegio"
    title: "Materno Cinegio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynegius_Maternus"
    title: "Cynegius Maternus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternus_Cynegius"
    title: "Maternus Cynegius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materno_Cinegio"
    title: "Materno Cinegio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%86%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8C%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8D%E3%82%AE%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9"
    title: "マテルヌス・キュネギウス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternus_Cynegius"
    title: "Maternus Cynegius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materno_Cin%C3%A9gio"
    title: "Materno Cinégio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9"
    title: "Матерн Кинегий"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q746667"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump