Saints who resisted heresy
St Flavian of Constantinople
Condemned Eutyches; beaten at the Robber Council of Ephesus (449) and died of his injuries, vindicated at Chalcedon.
- Period
- †449/450
- Witness
- Patriarch, confessor
- Controversy
- Christology and the Theotokos
Witness under persecution
What this saint faced
The teaching resisted
Eutyches' Christological teaching about Christ's two natures.
How the saint stood firm
Convened a local council in 448 which condemned Eutyches' position.
Persecution and suffering
Reported physical assault during the council of 449, deposition and banishment, followed by death.
The final assault and death occurred within days in August 449, not during a securely documented multiyear captivity.
Chronology of the confession
- 448Synod
Presided over the investigation of Eutyches.
- August 449Physical assault
Contemporary ecclesiastical tradition reports severe beatings at the assembly later called the Robber Council.
- August 449Deposition
Forced from his see and sentenced to banishment.
- August 449Death
Died shortly after the violent proceedings.
Sources for this account
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