ANTIMUS I, Patriarch of Constantinople. - He held the see from July 535 to March 536. A secret adherent of Monophysitism, he was a favorite of the empress Theodora. First appointed to the see of Trebizond around 533, he was then transferred to the see of Constantinople, upon the death of the patriarch Epiphanius (535), as a result of the empress's solicitations. Meanwhile Pope St. Agapetus came to Constantinople, unmasked the heretic, deposed him and consecrated as his successor the patriarch Menas. The latter, after the Pope's death, which occurred shortly thereafter, presided over the important Council of Constantinople (2 May-4 June 536) and condemned A. once again together with the other leaders of Monophysitism: Severus of Antioch, Peter of Apamea and the monk Zoara. On the following 6 August, Justinian confirmed the sentence of the Council with a law of the state (Novella 42). From this moment on, history loses sight of A. There have survived from him the Anathamatismi, still unpublished, preserved in book X of the Testo dell'ortodossia of Nicetas Acominatus, and the fragment of a Trattato indirizzato a Giustiniano (Ἀόμος πρὸς Ἰουστινιανόν: Mansi, XI, col. 440).

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Martino Jugie

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Antimus I, Patriarch of Constantinople

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