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Eutychius of Constantinople
c. 512 – 582 · b. Phrygia · Bishop of Constantinople
Bishop
Quick facts
- Born
- c. 512, Phrygia
- Died
- 582, Constantinople
- See
- Constantinople
- Region
- east
- Era
- post nicene
- Significance
- Minor(1/4)
Highlights
- Main contribution
- Patriarch of Constantinople (552-565, 577-582).
- Primary source
- Eustratius, Vita Eutychii
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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Common questions
- 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 IJustinian 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
External resources
📖WikipediaFull encyclopedic biography with footnotes and further reading.🔗WikidataStructured data hub linking to library catalogues, archives, and academic sources worldwide.🏛️WikisourcePublic-domain primary texts and translations (search).⛪Catholic Encyclopedia1913 reference — long entries, useful for less-known figures (search for Eutychius of Constantinople).