Eutychios of Constantinople

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Eutychios

Eutychios (* around 512 in Theium, Phrygia ; † April 5, 582 ) was Patriarch of Constantinople (552-565 and 577-582). He is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox churches and the Roman Catholic Church . His feast day is April 6th (Orthodox).

Life

There are extensive records of his collaborator Eustathios about Eutychios. Eutychios' father, Alexander, was a general under Belisarius .

At the age of 30, Eutychios became a monk in Amasea . He became archimandrite there . In 552 he became Patriarch of Constantinople at the instigation of Emperor Justinian . At the time of the election, Pope Vigilius was in Constantinople. On May 5, 553 the fifth ecumenical council began in Constantinople , in which both participated. It ended on June 2nd and, as Justinian wished, rejected the so-called Three Chapters , three writings suspected of Nestorianism .

Eutychios consecrated a new building of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople in 562 . In 564 there was a theological argument with Justinian. This demanded that Eutychios recognize the doctrine of the Aphthartodocetae . He refused and was arrested on January 22nd, 565. He was held in various locations.

In 577 he was reappointed patriarch with the support of Emperor Justin II . In 582 he died at the age of 70.

literature

  • Alexios G. Savvides, Benjamin Hendrickx (Eds.): Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization . Vol. 2: Baanes-Eznik of Kolb . Brepols Publishers, Turnhout 2008, ISBN 978-2-503-52377-4 , pp 451-452.
  • William M. Sinclair: Eutychius . In: Henry Wace, William C. Piercy: Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century. 3. Edition. J. Murray, London 1911.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Eutychios was mentioned in the Corpus Juris Canonici , Decretum Gratiani, I pars., D. 16 c.10

swell

  • Eustathios: Vita Sancti Eutychiae .
  • Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange : Constantinopolis cristiana seu Descriptio urbis sub imperatoribus cristianis (as part of the new edition of the Historia Byzantina duplici commentario illustrata collection ). Bartholomeo Javarina, Venice 1729, vol. 4, p. 108 ( digitized version ).
predecessor Office successor
Mennas Patriarch of Constantinople
552-565 		John III Scholasticos
John III Scholasticos Patriarch of Constantinople
577-582 		John IV Nesteutes
personal data
SURNAME Eutychios of Constantinople
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Patriarch of Constantinople
DATE OF BIRTH at 512
PLACE OF BIRTH Theium, Phrygia
DATE OF DEATH April 5, 582