Proclus of Constantinople
Roman Catholic archbishop of Constantinople between 434 and 446
b. c. 390 · d. 446
46th Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch) · 434–446
Offices
- Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch) № 46 · 434 – 446
Proclus of Constantinople was the Archbishop of Constantinople from 434 until his death. Renowned for his homiletic abilities, Proclus played a central role in the Nestorian controversy. His contributions to the theology of the developing cult of the Virgin Mary place him among the early and foremost Marian theologians. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Catholic Churches, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Oriental Orthodoxy.
Related people
- John Chrysostom disciple of · traditional
- Archbishop Atticus of Constantinople ordained by · documented
- Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople succeeded · inferred
- Basilius consecrator of · traditional
- Eusebius consecrator of · traditional
- Flavian of Constantinople preceded · inferred
Commemorated
Places
- Constantinople 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