Gregory of Antioch
Gregory of Antioch | |
|---|---|
Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch | |
| Church | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| See | Antioch |
| Installed | 571 |
| Term ended | 593 |
| Predecessor | Anastasius I of Antioch |
| Successor | Anastasius I of Antioch |
Gregory of Antioch was the
Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
from 571 to 593.
Gregory began as a monk in the monastery of the Byzantines in
Pharan in Palestine. In 569-70 he became Patriarch of Antioch after Justin II deposed the Patriarch Anastasius I of Antioch
.
In 578,
crypto-pagan involved in the sacrifice of a boy, but recanted "on being subjected to extreme of torture" [1]
In another account, but by John, Bishop of Ephesus a contemporary of Gregory, we are informed that the latter was a pagan and had attended the sacrifice of a boy held by night at Daphne.[2]
In learning this the populace were after Gregory who was besieged in his palace and was unable to celebrate the Chrism Mass on Maundy Thursday. The King and his advisors thought “that for the honour of Christianity, and that the priesthood might not be exposed to scorn and blasphemy, the matter must be hushed up”, and the riot was quelled.[3]
Through the intercession of others he was able to ingratiate himself with the Patriarch of Constantinople; John the Faster, and retained his See, although he had lost respect of the populace (226-227).[4]
Gregory was an influential figure, who quarrelled with the Maurice I, Gregory was asked to mediate.
When
Chalcedonian definitions. He died in 593-4 from taking a drug, intended to relieve gout. His predecessor Anastasius I of Antioch
then become Patriarch once more.
Five homilies have reached us.
References
- ^ Evagrius Scholasticus (1846), Book 5, Chapter 18 (XVIII)
- ^ Smith, The Rev'd Professor Robert Payne (trans), "The Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John Bishop of Ephesus", Oxford, 1860, p. 213.
- ^ Smith, The Rev'd Professor Robert Payne (trans), "The Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John Bishop of Ephesus", Oxford, 1860, p. 214.
- ^ Smith, The Rev'd Professor Robert Payne (trans), "The Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John Bishop of Ephesus", Oxford, 1860, pp. 226-227.
Sources
- ISBN 9780881410563.
- Angelo di Berardino (ed.), Adrian Walford (tr.), Patrology: The Eastern Fathers from the Council of Chalcedon (451) to John of Damascus (+750). Cambridge: James Clarke & Co. 2006. Hbk. Pp. xxxiii + 701. ISBN 0-227-67979-2.