Fravitas
Fravitas (also Phrabitas ; Middle Greek Φραβίτας ; † 489 ) was the patriarch of Constantinople (488-489).
Life
Fravitas, presumably of Gothic or at least Germanic origin, was presbyter in the church of St. Thekla in Constantinople . Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopulos narrates that Fravitas bribed a eunuch to write his name on a piece of paper on which the Emperor Zenon asked God to give the name of the future patriarch. In 488 Fravitas was appointed the new Patriarch of Constantinople. He died four months after taking office.
There are letters from Fravitas to Pope Felix II and Patriarch Petros III. Mongos received from Alexandria to overcome the Akakian schism . His predecessor, Patriarch Akakios , had developed a religious formula for reconciliation with the Monophysites in Egypt, which simply omitted the controversial Chalcedonian , but was not recognized by the Western Church and therefore led to the division of the Church. Fravitas wrote an inaugural letter to the two church leaders in which he expressed his theological agreement with the respective addressee and his rejection of the other. Emperor Zeno himself sent a letter in which he pleaded for the restoration of church unity. Felix II, however, was leaked a copy of the letter to Patriarch Petros, so that he recognized the double game of Fravitas. In any case, he remained firm and stipulated in his reply that not only the name of Petros Mongos but also that of Fravitas' predecessor Akakios be deleted from the diptychs . When this demand reached Constantinople, Fravitas was already dead and his successor Euphemios immediately complied .
literature
- M. Sinclair: Fravitta, bishop of Constantinople. In: Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature. London 1911.
- Hans-Georg Beck : History of the Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire (= The Church in its History, Vol. 1, Delivery D1). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1980, p. D11 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Theophanes Confessor , Chronographia , AM 5981.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Akakios |
Patriarch of Constantinople 489 |
Euphemios |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fravitas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Φραβίτας (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Patriarch of Constantinople |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 489 |