Dioskorus I of Alexandria
Dioskorus I ( Latinized also Dioscorus or Dioskur ; † September 4, 454 in Gangra in Paphlagonia ) was Patriarch of Alexandria from 444 to 451 .
Life
Dioskorus studied in Alexandria and stayed with Egyptian monks for a long time. He was nephew and archdeacon of Patriarch Cyril of Alexandria , whom he accompanied to the Council of Ephesus in 431 . Dioskorus became known in the christological controversy of his time as the defender of the teachings of Eutyches . At the Council of Ephesus in 449, which went down in church history as the “Synod of Robbers of Ephesus”, he had Flavian , the Archbishop of Constantinople , mistreated, deposed and condemned by a Monophysite crowd in the church. Flavian died as a result of the violence he suffered. This enabled Dioskoros to implement his own ideas , which were close to Monophysitism . The Council of Chalcedon in 451, however, deposed Dioskorus at the instigation of Pope Leo the Great and Emperor Markian and rejected the results of Ephesus. His steadfastness in the dispute earned Dioskoros great admiration in Egypt , although his private life was not always impeccable.
literature
- KN Khella: Naissance et developpement de l'Église Copte . Cahiers d'études chrétiennes orientales, Paris 1967.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Dioskur of Alexandria. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1328-1328.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Cyril I. |
Patriarch of Alexandria 444–451 |
Proterius |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dioskorus I of Alexandria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dioscorus; Dioscure |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Patriarch of Alexandria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century or 5th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 4, 454 |
| Place of death | Gangra , Paphlagonia |