Who did Flavian of Constantinople oppose?

Eutyches and Dioscorus of Alexandria.

Flavian of Constantinople

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c. 390 – 449 · Bishop of Constantinople

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Archbishop of Constantinople 446-449. Recipient of Leo's Tome; condemned Eutyches at the Home Synod (448); deposed and beaten at the 'Robber Council' of Ephesus (449).

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Who was Flavian of Constantinople?: Flavian of Constantinople (390–449) — Archbishop of Constantinople 446-449. Recipient of Leo's Tome; condemned Eutyches at the Home Synod (448); deposed and beaten at the 'Robber Council' of Ephesus (449).
Who did Flavian of Constantinople correspond with?: Pope Leo I.
Who did Flavian of Constantinople oppose?: Eutyches and Dioscorus of Alexandria.
Who did Flavian of Constantinople succeed as bishop of Constantinople?: Nestorius.

Sources for biography

Acta Concilii Chalcedonensis (Sessions 1-2) primary
Leo, Epistula 28 (Tomus ad Flavianum) primary

documented connections(3)

corresponded (incoming) Pope Leo I
Leo's Tome (Ep. 28) was addressed to Flavian.
Leo, Epistula 28 (Tomus ad Flavianum)
opposed Eutyches
Flavian condemned Eutyches at the Home Synod of 448.
Acta Concilii Chalcedonensis Session 1
opposed (incoming) Dioscorus of Alexandria
Dioscorus presided over Flavian's deposition at the Robber Council of Ephesus (449).
Acta Concilii Chalcedonensis Session 1

tradition connections(1)

succeeded in see Nestorius
Flavian became Archbishop of Constantinople (446) several bishops after Nestorius (Maximian, Proclus); not a direct succession.
Socrates Scholasticus, Hist. Eccl. 7.40-48

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