ANTIMO I, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI

ANTIMUS I, patriarch of CONSTANTINOPLE. — O-
ccupied the see from July 535 to March 536. A secret ad-
herent of Monophysitism, he was a favorite of the em-
press Theodora. Initially appointed to the see of Trebizond around 533, he was later transferred to the see of
Constantinople upon the death of Patriarch Epiphanius (535), at the urging of the empress. Meanwhile, Pope St.
Agapetus came to Constantinople, exposed the heretic, deposed him, and consecrated Menna as his successor. After
the Pope’s death shortly thereafter, Menna presided over the important Council of Constantinople (May 2–June 4, 536)
and again condemned A. along with other leaders of Monophysitism: Severus of Antioch, Peter of Apamea, and the
monk Zoara. On August 6 following, Justinian confirmed the council’s sentence with a state law (Novella 42). From
this point onward, history loses sight of A. Surviving works include unpublished *Anathematisms*, preserved in Book X
of Nicetas Acominatus’ *Treasury of Orthodoxy*, and a fragment of a treatise addressed to Justinian (*Αὐγὸς πρὸς Ἰου-
στινιανόν*: Mansi, XI, col. 440).