Calendion

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Calendion
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
ChurchChurch of Antioch
SeeAntioch
Installed479
Term ended485
PredecessorStephen II of Antioch
SuccessorPeter II

Calendion (also, Calandion or Callandion) was the Patriarch of Antioch between 479 and 485.

Biography

Calendion supported the results of the

Byzantine Emperor, Zeno, attempted to reconcile the pro- and anti-Chalcedonian
sides. This was because Calendion regarded it as a covert attempt to overturn the council's holdings.

Calendion supported the rebellion of Illus in 484, and as a result was deposed and banished by Zeno shortly thereafter, being replaced as Patriarch by Peter II.

References

Sources

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  • Jan-Eric Steppa (2002). John Rufus and the World Vision of Anti-Chalcedonian Culture. Gorgias Press. p. 51. .
Titles of Chalcedonian Christianity
Preceded by Patriarch of Antioch
479-485
Succeeded by