Menas (Constantinople)
Menas (Greek Πατριάρχης Μηνάς , also transcribed Minas or Mennas ; † 552 ) was Patriarch of Constantinople (536–552). He is venerated as a saint in the Orthodox and Catholic Churches . Remembrance day is August 25th .
Life
Originally from Alexandria , Menas was presbyter and head of the St. Samson Hospital in Constantinople .
In May 536 he was appointed Patriarch of Constantinople. Pope Agapitus I had achieved the removal of his predecessor Anthimos I from Emperor Justinian because of his monophysite positions. At a council chaired by Pope Agapitus and later Menas, Anthimos was condemned and excommunicated.
When the teaching of Origen was condemned by an edict of Justinian in 543 , Menas supported this.
Pope Vigilius excommunicated Menas in 547 with other patriarchs for supporting the position of Emperor Justinian in the three-chapter dispute . The excommunication was lifted a few months later, but pronounced again in 551.
Menas died in 552.
literature
- Francis Joseph Bacchus: Mennas. In: Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10, New York 1913
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Anthimos I. |
Patriarch of Constantinople 536–552 |
Eutychios |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Menas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Μηνάς (Greek); Minas; Mennas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Patriarch of Constantinople (536–552) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century or 6th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 552 |