# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sossianus-hierocles
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:08:12.699Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sossianus-hierocles"
name: "Sossianus Hierocles"
slug: "sossianus-hierocles"
description: "Sossianus Hierocles was a late Roman aristocrat and office-holder. He served as a praeses in Syria under Diocletian at some time in the 290s. He was then made vicarius of some district, perhaps Oriens until 303, when he was transferred to Bithynia. It is for his anti-Christian activities in Bithynia that he is principally remembered. He was, in the words of the Cambridge Ancient History, \"one of the most zealous of persecutors\". While in Bithynia, Hierocles authored Lover of Truth, a critique of Christianity. Lover of Truth is noted as the first instance of the trope, popular in later pagan polemic, of comparing the pagan holy man Apollonius of Tyana to Jesus Christ."
tagline: "Late 3rd/early 4th century Roman aristocrat and official"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "293"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           41.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.608352
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosijan_Hijeroklo"
    title: "Sosijan Hijeroklo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%BB"
    title: "Сосиан Хиерокъл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi%C3%A8rocles_(proc%C3%B2nsol)"
    title: "Hièrocles (procònsol)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sossianus_Hierocles"
    title: "Sossianus Hierocles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sossianus_Hierocles"
    title: "Sossianus Hierocles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sossianos_Hi%C3%A9rocl%C3%A8s"
    title: "Sossianos Hiéroclès"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%A1"
    title: "היירוקלס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosianus_Hierokles"
    title: "Sosianus Hierokles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ierocle_Sossiano"
    title: "Ierocle Sossiano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierocles_(proconsul)"
    title: "Hierocles (proconsul)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sosiano_Hi%C3%A9rocles"
    title: "Sosiano Hiérocles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1281448"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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