Euphemius of Constantinople
Patriarch of constantinople
d. 515
52nd Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)
Offices
Euphemius of Constantinople was patriarch of Constantinople (490–496). Theophanes the Confessor calls him Euthymius. Prior to his appointment, Euphemius was a presbyter of Constantinople, administrator of a hospital for the poor at Neapolis, unsuspected of any Eutychian leanings, and is described as learned and very virtuous.
Related people
- Fravitta of Constantinople succeeded · inferred
- Macedonius II of Constantinople preceded · inferred
Places
- Ancyra 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