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Constans II

630 – 668 · b. Constantinople
emperor

Byzantine emperor (641-668) who issued the Typos (648) forbidding discussion of the wills in Christ. Persecuted Pope Martin I and Maximus the Confessor for resisting Monothelitism.

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Common questions

Who was Constans II?
Constans II (630–668) — Byzantine emperor (641-668) who issued the Typos (648) forbidding discussion of the wills in Christ. Persecuted Pope Martin I and Maximus the Confessor for resisting Monothelitism.
Who did Constans II oppose?
Maximus the Confessor and Pope Martin I.

Sources for biography

  • Constans II, Typos (648) primary
  • Theophanes, Chronographia AM 6141-6160 primary
  • Liber Pontificalis 76 primary

documented connections(2)

  • opposed (incoming) Maximus the Confessor
    Maximus refused to accept the Typos and was tried, mutilated, and exiled by Constans II.
    Relatio Motionis · Disputatio Bizyae
  • opposed (incoming) Pope Martin I
    Martin convened the Lateran Council of 649 against the Typos; Constans had him arrested, tried in Constantinople, and exiled to Cherson.
    Liber Pontificalis 76 · Commemoratio (Narratio de exilio)

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