Atticus of Constantinople

Atticus of Constantinople ( ancient Greek Ἀττικός Attikós ; * in Sebaste in Armenia ; † October 10, 426 in Constantinople) was from March 406 until his death as the successor of Arsacius of Tarsus (404-405) and predecessor of Sisinnius I (426- 427) Archbishop of Constantinople . During his tenure, the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea was 100 years old.

Although his theological training was mediocre and he had no oratorial talent, Atticus had support both at the imperial court and among the population. Before he was promoted to patriarch he was a presbyter in Antioch. At the notorious "Oak Synod" 403 ( Synodus ad quercum , so named after an imperial estate near Chalcedon) he stood up against John Chrysostom , who was overthrown: his advocacy for the Origenists had become his undoing. As a patriarch, Atticus initially continued to take action against the followers of Chrysostom, but was finally ready to reinstate the name of the now deceased Chrysostom in the diptychs of the local churches. His correspondence with Cyril of Alexandria , in which he explained his approach, has survived.

Emperor Theodosius II promised Atticus that bishops in Asia Minor could only be appointed with the consent of the Patriarch of Constantinople. Atticus did not succeed in bringing the Illyricum under his jurisdiction. Atticus was praised for his orthodoxy at the Council of Ephesus in 431 as well as at the Council of Chalcedon in 451. He had proven this by taking action against the Messalians and expelling Caelestius from the capital because of his Pelagian positions.

Atticus of Constantinople is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox Church (January 8th, October 11th).

literature

Atticus . In: Henry Wace, William C. Piercy (Eds.): Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1911, p. 69 ( online, archive.org [accessed October 20, 2019]).
Richard Klein: Atticus, Patriarch of Constantinople . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1993, Sp. 1165-1166 .

Web links

Literature from and about Atticus of Constantinople in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints : Atticus of Constantinople

Individual evidence

↑ Sabine Hübner: The clergy in the society of late ancient Asia Minor . Franz Steiner, Munich 2005, p. 253.
^ Karl Heussi : Compendium of Church History . Mohr, 18th edition, Tübingen 1991, p. 134.
^ Richard Klein: Attikos, Patriarch of Constantinople . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1993, Sp. 1165 .
↑ Thomas Graumann: The Church of the Fathers: Father Theology and Father Evidence in the Churches of the East up to the Council of Ephesus (431) . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2002, pp. 261-273.
↑ Klaus Fitschen : Messalianism and anti-Messalianism: an example of the heretic history of the Eastern Church . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998, p. 40.
^ Richard Klein: Attikos, Patriarch of Constantinople . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1993, Sp. 1166 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Arsacius of Tarsus	Archbishop of Constantinople 406-426	Sisinnius I.

personal data
SURNAME	Atticus of Constantinople
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ἀττικός (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Archbishop of Constantinople
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sebaste in Armenia
DATE OF DEATH	October 10, 426
Place of death	Constantinople

[1] Sabine Hübner: The clergy in the society of late ancient Asia Minor . Franz Steiner, Munich 2005, p. 253.

[2] Karl Heussi : Compendium of Church History . Mohr, 18th edition, Tübingen 1991, p. 134.

[3] Richard Klein: Attikos, Patriarch of Constantinople . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1993, Sp. 1165 .

[4] Thomas Graumann: The Church of the Fathers: Father Theology and Father Evidence in the Churches of the East up to the Council of Ephesus (431) . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2002, pp. 261-273.

[5] Klaus Fitschen : Messalianism and anti-Messalianism: an example of the heretic history of the Eastern Church . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998, p. 40.

[6] Richard Klein: Attikos, Patriarch of Constantinople . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1993, Sp. 1166 .