Stephen II of Antioch

Patriarch of Antioch from 477 to 479
Stephen
Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
ChurchChurch of Antioch
SeeAntioch
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Died479

Stephen II (died in 479) was a Patriarch of Antioch[1] from 477 until his death.

Biography

It is unknown when Stephen was born. He became a Patriarch in 477, and he was a successor of John II Codonatus,[2] who held the see only three months and was exiled. Stephen was killed in 479[3][4] and was succeeded by Calendion.

He is venerated as a martyr saint on April 25.[5]

Titles of Chalcedonian Christianity
Preceded by
John II Codonatus
Patriarch of Antioch
477–479
Succeeded by
Calendion

References

  1. ^ István Perczel, Réka Forrai, György Geréby (2005). The Eucharist in Theology and Philosophy: Issues of Doctrinal History in East and West from the Patristic Age to the Reformation. Leuven University Press.
  2. ^ A. Fortescue. The lesser eastern churches. p. 192.
  3. ^ Aloys Grillmeier, Pauline Allen (1986). Christ in Christian Tradition: From the Council of Chalcedon (451) to Gragory the Great (590-604). Westminster John Knox Press.
  4. ^ David A. Michelson (2014). The Practical Christology of Philoxenos of Mabbug. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Santo Stefano di Antiochia".

Sources

  • Meyendorff, John (1989). Imperial unity and Christian divisions: The Church 450-680 A.D. The Church in history. Vol. 2. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN 9780881410563.
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