Eleutherius of Byzantium
bishop of Byzantium from 129 to 136
b. 1st century · d. 136
8th Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)
Offices
Eleutherius of Bizantium was the bishop of Byzantium for approximately seven years. He succeeded bishop Diogenes of Byzantium. He was in office during the rule of Roman emperor Hadrian. His successor was Felix of Byzantium.
Related people
- Diogenes of Byzantium succeeded · inferred
- Felix 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