# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/priscillian
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:55:49.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/priscillian"
name: "Priscillian"
slug: "priscillian"
description: "Priscillian was a wealthy nobleman of Roman Hispania who promoted a strict form of Christian asceticism. He became bishop of Ávila in 380. Certain practices of his followers were denounced at the Council of Zaragoza in 380. Tensions between Priscillian and bishops opposed to his views continued, as well as political maneuvering by both sides. Around 385, Priscillian was charged with sorcery and executed by authority of the Emperor Maximus. The ascetic movement Priscillianism is named after him, and continued in Hispania and Gaul until the late 6th century. Tractates by Priscillian and close followers, which were thought lost, were discovered in 1885 and published in 1889."
tagline: "Late Roman bishop"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "340"
deathDate: "385"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.01
  momentum:             15.93186372745491
  historical:           19.89234533333333
  currentAttention:     16.84
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Присцилліан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilianu"
    title: "Priscilianu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Присцилиан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscil%C2%B7li%C3%A0"
    title: "Priscil·lià"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscillian"
    title: "Priscillian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82"
    title: "Πρισκιλλιανός"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscillian"
    title: "Priscillian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisciliano"
    title: "Prisciliano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisciliano"
    title: "Prisciliano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisziliano"
    title: "Prisziliano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "پریسیلیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscillianus"
    title: "Priscillianus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscillien"
    title: "Priscillien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisciliano"
    title: "Prisciliano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilijan"
    title: "Priscilijan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscillianus"
    title: "Priscillianus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilliano"
    title: "Priscilliano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscillianus_van_%C3%81vila"
    title: "Priscillianus van Ávila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pryscylian"
    title: "Pryscylian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisciliano"
    title: "Prisciliano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisciliano_de_Avila"
    title: "Prisciliano de Avila"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Присциллиан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilijan"
    title: "Priscilijan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscillianus"
    title: "Priscillianus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "பிறிசிலியன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347010"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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