Laurence of Byzantium
Bishop of Byzantium from 154 to 166
b. 1st millennium · d. 166
13th Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)
Offices
Laurence of Byzantium was the bishop of Byzantium for eleven years and six months. He succeeded bishop Euzois of Byzantium. He was in office during the rule of Roman emperors Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. His successor was Alypius of Byzantium.
Related people
- Euzois of Byzantium succeeded · inferred
- Alypius 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