Athenodorus of Byzantium

bishop of Byzantium from 144 until 148

b. 1st millennium · d. 148

11th Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)

Athenodorus of Byzantium, also known as Athenogenes was bishop of Byzantium from 144 to 148. During his years of office, when the city was administered by Zeuxippus, there was a significant increase in the Christian population. Athenodorus commissioned the construction of a second cathedral in Elaea, which was later renovated by Roman emperor Constantine the Great, who wanted to be buried there. Eventually, he was not buried there, as it was deemed improper for Emperors to be buried outside Byzantium. The cathedral was devoted to the martyrdoms of Eleazar and of the seven children in 2 Maccabees.

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