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Eutychius of Constantinople

c. 512 – 582 · b. Phrygia · Bishop of Constantinople
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Patriarch of Constantinople (552-565, 577-582). Presided at the Second Council of Constantinople (553). Deposed by Justinian over the aphthartodocetic dispute and restored under Justin II.

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Who was Eutychius of Constantinople?
Eutychius of Constantinople (512–582) — Patriarch of Constantinople (552-565, 577-582). Presided at the Second Council of Constantinople (553). Deposed by Justinian over the aphthartodocetic dispute and restored under Justin II.
Who did Eutychius of Constantinople oppose?
Justinian I and Pope Gregory I (the Great).

Sources for biography

  • Eustratius, Vita Eutychii primary
  • Acta Concilii Constantinopolitani II (553) primary

documented connections(2)

  • opposed (incoming) Justinian I
    Justinian deposed Eutychius in 565 over the aphthartodocetic question.
    Evagrius Scholasticus, Hist. Eccl. 4.38 · Eustratius, Vita Eutychii
  • opposed Pope Gregory I (the Great)
    While Gregory was apocrisarius in Constantinople he disputed publicly with Eutychius over the corporeality of the resurrection body.
    Gregory the Great, Moralia in Job 14.72-74

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