Acacius of Constantinople
religious leader
d. 26 Nov 489
50th Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch) · 471–489
Offices
- Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch) № 50 · 471 – 489
Acacius of Constantinople served as the patriarch of Constantinople from 472 to 489. He was practically the first prelate in the East and was renowned for his ambitious participation in the Chalcedonian controversy. His controversial attempts at healing the theological divisions led to the Acacian schism and his being condemned by the Chalcedonian churches. He is revered as a saint in Oriental Orthodoxy.
Related people
- Gennadius of Constantinople succeeded · traditional
- Stephen II of Antioch consecrator of · traditional
- Ioannis Codonatus consecrator of · traditional
- Fravitta of Constantinople preceded · inferred
Works
Events
- Acacian Schism 484
Places
- Constantinople death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — Acacian Schism
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, col. 195 sqq. — Patriarchae Constantinopolitani