Allen Brent

Allen Brent is a scholar of early Christian history and literature. He is a fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge, formerly Dean (2012–2013), was an affiliated lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge from 1998 to 2010, and was later appointed Professor in Early Christian History and Iconography at King's College London, and joint researcher with Professor Markus Vinzent on a two-year BARDA project: Early Christian Epigraphy and Iconography after Dölger. He is also Professore Invitato at the Augustinianum (Lateran University), Rome. He was formerly Principal Lecturer in Philosophy at University of Huddersfield, and has previously been Professor of History at James Cook University. He was ordained a deacon for the Catholic Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham on 28 April 2011 and a priest on 15 June 2011.

He has published widely on prominent early Christian figures including Hippolytus of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, and Cyprian. Brent currently co-edits the ''Studia Patristica'' with Markus Vinzent. Provided by Wikipedia