Dalmatius of Constantinople
Dalmatius, Dalmatus, or Dalmatos (Greek: Δαλμάτος; died AD 440) was archimandrite of the Dalmatian Monastery in Constantinople. He also held the title Archimandrite of the Monasteries, making him the city's chief monk.[1]
Dalmatius served in the second company of Guards under
Theodosius the Great. He was married with a family. Experiencing a call to monastic life, he received instruction from Isaac of Dalmatia.[2]
Like most of the city's monks, he was an opponent of the
First Council of Ephesus.[3] Because this was the first time Dalmatius had left his monastery in 48 years, the emperor was astonished to see the holy man abroad and granted his request to hear Cyril's case, which led ultimately to Cyril's vindication.[4]
The
feast day
of Saint Dalmatius is August 3.
References
- ^ Daniel Caner, Wandering, Begging Monks:Spiritual Authority and the Promotion of Monasticism in Late Antiquity, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002), 212-23.
- ^ "Dalmatius". BiblicalCyclopedia. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 47
- ^ Caner, 219-20.
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