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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Eutychios, patriarch of Constantinople, ob. 582

Saint ID

S01383

Number in BH

BHG 657

Reported Death Not Before

582

Reported Death Not After

582

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , Miracle-workers in lifetime
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03093Eustratius, presbyter of Constantinople, composes a Life of *Eutychios (patriarch of Constantinople, ob. 582,S01383), probably to be read out at the first anniversary of his death; it presents Eutychios as an exemplary and unswervingly orthodox patriarch of Constantinople, describing his patriarchate, his persecution, and the miracles effected through him. Written in Greek in 583, or soon after. Overview entry
E08515Eustratius, in his Life of *Eutychios (patriarch of Constantinople, ob. 582,S01383), tells how *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) appeared in a dream-vision to the emperor Justinian and told him to appoint Eutychios as patriarch of Constantinople; in 552. Written in Greek in 583, or soon after.
E08518Eustratius, in his Life of *Eutychios (patriarch of Constantinople, ob. 582,S01383), tells how a mosaic-worker of Amaseia (northern Asia Minor), while removing a mosaic of Aphrodite, in order to turn a room of a private house into a chapel of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) - with a chapel of *Michael (the Archangel, S00181) above it - was afflicted in his hand by a demon residing within the mosaic; going to Eutychios, the mosaicist is cured, and then sets up an image (εἰκόνα) of his deliverer in the house where the incident occurred. Written in Greek in 583, or soon after.