Anatolios of Constantinople

St. Anatolios of Constantinople

Anatolios († July 3, 458 ) was Patriarch of Constantinople .

Anatolios was from Alexandria . There he was first active as a priest and apocrisial officer under the patriarch Dioskorus I of Alexandria , who adhered to the doctrine of Eutyches , which was condemned by the Council of Chalcedon . Anatolios became Archbishop of Constantinople in December 449, and in 451 he was instrumental in the decisions of the Council of Chalcedon as a representative of the Orthodox teachers and opponents of the Monophysites and Nestorians . In Chalkedon, in the 28th canon, it was decided to raise Constantinople to patriarchy with Primal over Antioch and Alexandria, so that Anatolios became the first patriarch of Constantinople. At the same time, however, a continuous dispute began with the bishops of Rome, who recognized the sovereignty of Constantinople over the other patriarchates of the east, and neither did the patriarch's equality with Rome. His support for the Eastern Roman Empire is expressed, among other things, in the fact that he crowned Leo I as emperor in February 457 ; this was the first time that the Patriarch of Constantinople participated in this ceremony.

Anatolios is also credited with compiling a number of Greek hymns.

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Anatolios. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 159-160.
• Adolf Jülicher : Anatolius 16 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2074.

predecessor	Office	successor
Flavianus	Archbishop of Constantinople 449–458	Gennadios I.

predecessor	Office	successor
-	Patriarch of Constantinople 451–458	Gennadios I.