Saints who resisted heresy
St Macedonius II of Constantinople
Ἅγιος Μακεδόνιος Β΄ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως
Defended Chalcedon and refused communion with Alexandrian hierarchs who rejected its teaching. The book recounts the episode from the church diptychs on printed pp. 668–670.
- Period
- †516
- Witness
- Patriarch of Constantinople
- Controversy
- Christology and the Theotokos
Witness under persecution
What this saint faced
Defended Chalcedon and refused communion with Alexandrian hierarchs who rejected its teaching. The book recounts the episode from the church diptychs on printed pp. 668–670.
Exile, imprisonment or torture
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Not established from the sources reviewed for this entry. No numerical duration has been invented.
Words and testimony of the Holy Fathers
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Greek testimony · printed p. 670
Εὐφήμιον καὶ Μακεδόνιον τῇ ἘκκλησίᾳEditorial translation: Restore Euphemius and Macedonius to the Church.
Contemporary congregational acclamation, included as evidence about Macedonius, not a quote spoken by the saint.