Timothy I of Constantinople
Timothy I of Constantinople | |
|---|---|
| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Installed | 511 |
| Term ended | 518 |
| Personal details | |
| Denomination | Chalcedonian Christianity |
Timothy I or Timotheus I (
Early career
Timothy was
Patriarch of Constantinople
He sent circular letters to all the bishops, which he requested them to subscribe and assent to the deposition of
Timothy was appointed
When Severus of Antioch became Patriarch of Antioch, he assembled a synod which condemned that council, after which act Severus communicated with him. Timothy sent the decrees of his synod to Jerusalem, where Elias refused to receive them. Timothy then incited Anastasius to depose him.[2] He also induced the emperor to persecute the clergy, monks, and laity who adhered to Macedonius, many of whom were banished to the Oasis in the Thebaid. His emissaries to Alexandria anathematized from the pulpit the council of Chalcedon. Within a year of his accession Timothy directed that the Ter Sanctus should be recited with the addition of "Who was crucified for us", which led to disturbances in two churches, in which many were slain over November 4 and 5, and to a terrible riot the following day which nearly caused the deposition of the Emperor Anastasius.[1]
Timothy died on 5 April 517.[1]
References
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Daniel, F. H. Blackburne (1911). "Timotheus, patriarch of Constantinople". In Wace, Henry; Piercy, William C. (eds.). Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century (3rd ed.). London: John Murray. cites
- Victor of Tonnenna, Chronicle
- Marcellinus Comes, Chronicle
- Theodoret, Orations ii. 28, 29, 30, 32, 33
- Evagrius Scholasticus iii. 33
- Theophanes, Chronicle
- Tillemont, Mém. eccl. xvi. 691, 698, 728.
