Archbishop Atticus of Constantinople
Archbishop of Constantinople
b. c. 370 · d. 10 Oct 425
42nd Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)
Offices
Atticus of Constantinople was an archbishop of Constantinople, succeeding to the episcopal throne in March 406. He is known for having been an opponent of John Chrysostom whom he helped depose, and having rebuilt the small church that was located on the site of the later Hagia Sophia. He was an opponent of the Pelagians, which helped increase his popularity among the citizens of Constantinople, and he contributed to the theological framework for the developing cult of the Virgin Mary.
Related people
- Arsacius of Tarsus succeeded · inferred
- Proclus of Constantinople ordainer of · documented
- Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople preceded · inferred
Commemorated
Places
- Sivas birth
- 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