Olympianus of Byzantium
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Bishop of Byzantium from 187 to 198
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Olympianus of Byzantium | |
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Bishop of Byzantium | |
Installed | 187 |
Term ended | 198 |
Personal details | |
Denomination | Early Christianity |
Olympianus (
bishop of Byzantium for eleven years (187–198 AD). He succeeded Bishop Pertinax. In 196, Byzantium was conquered by Emperor Septimius Severus during his rivalry with Pescennius Niger. Septimius Severus took the right of metropolis from the city and made it part of the Heracleia
. Byzantium remained a bishopric under Heracleia for more than a century.
Olympianus' successor was Marcus I.
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Titles of the Great Christian Church | ||
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Preceded by | Bishop of Byzantium 187–198 |
Succeeded by |
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