Euphemios (Patriarch)

Euphemios († 515 in Ankyra ) was Patriarch of Constantinople from 490 to 495 . The Akakian schism continued during his episcopate .

Act as a patriarch

Immediately after taking office, Euphemios recognized the resolutions of the Council of Chalcedon , put the pope's name, which his predecessor had deleted, back on the diptychs and resigned Petros III. Mongos the church fellowship . He died in the same year in 490 that Euphemios was enthroned as patriarch. Euphemios endeavored to restore ecclesiastical unity with the Pope, but he refused to delete the names of his two predecessors Akakios and Fravitas from the diptychs, where they continued to appear under the names of the dead pious. However, the Pope insisted that heretics and patrons of heresy should not be prayed publicly in the Holy Liturgy . For this reason the reconciliation sought by Euphemios did not come about during his episcopate; both Felix II and Gelasius I rejected Euphemios' offers.

Next life

Euphemios fell out of favor with Emperor Anastasios I and was accused of high treason during the Bulgarian War. After an unsuccessful murder attempt, Euphemios was deposed by the emperor and banished to Ancyra in Galatia , today's Ankara , where he died in 515. Until his death, the Patriarchs Elias of Jerusalem and Flavianus II of Antioch recognized him as the rightful Patriarch of Constantinople.

literature

• Adrian Fortescue:  Euphemius of Constantinople . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 5, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1909.

predecessor	Office	successor
Fravitas	Patriarch of Constantinople 490–495	Macedonios II