Polycarpus II of Byzantium
Bishop of Byzantium from 141 to 144
b. 1st millennium · d. 144
10th Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)
Offices
Polycarpus II of Byzantium was the bishop of Byzantium from around 141 until his death in 144. According to ancient sources, he remained in office for seventeen years, but Church historian Nikiforos Kallistos mentions that Polycarpus II was the bishop of Byzantium for three years. He succeeded bishop Felix of Byzantium, and his successor was Athenodorus of Byzantium.
Related people
- Felix of Byzantium succeeded · inferred
- Athenodorus of Byzantium preceded · inferred
Places
- Byzantium death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, col. 195 sqq. — Patriarchae Constantinopolitani