Marcus I of Byzantium
Bishop of Byzantium from 198 to 211
b. 2nd century · d. 211
17th Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)
Offices
Marcus I of Byzantium was the bishop of Byzantium for 13 years. He succeeded bishop Olympianus of Byzantium. His term of office took place during the persecution of Christians by Roman emperor Septimius Severus. His successor was Philadelphus of Byzantium.
Related people
- Olympianus of Byzantium succeeded · inferred
- Philadelphus of Byzantium preceded · inferred
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, col. 195 sqq. — Patriarchae Constantinopolitani