Menas of Constantinople
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Menas of Constantinople, considered a saint in the Chalcedonian-affirming Church and by extension both the Eastern Orthodox Church and Catholic Church of modern times, was born in Alexandria, and ente
Saint Menas of Constantinople
Pope Agapetus I
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Pope Agapetus I was the bishop of Rome from 13 May 535 to his death on 22 April 536. His father, Gordianus, was a priest in Rome and he may have been related to two popes, Felix III and Gregory I.
Menas of Constantinople
…emperor Justinian I from the bubonic plague in 542. He was appointed Patriarch of Constantinople by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I on 13 March 536. Pope Agapetus I consecrated him to succeed Anthimus I of Constantinople, who was condemned as a monophysite. This was the first time that a Pope consecrated a Patriarch…
Stained glass depiction of Pope Agapetus I with anachronistic papal tiara (Saint-Maixent-l'École, France
Statue of Agapetus I in Saint-Maixent-l'École