St. Flavian of Constantinople

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St. Flavian of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople from 446 or 447,
succeeding St. Proclus. Refusing to give
Em*peror Theodosius II a bribe
upon becoming patriarch and making the emperor's sister Pulcherius a deaconess,
Flavian received hostile treat*ment from the imperial court.
Flavian also started the condemnation of Eutyches,
who began the heresy of Monophysitism.
This led to his being deposed and exiled at the so-called
"Robber Synod" at Ephesus in 449,
whereupon the famous "Tome" of
dogmatic letters of Pope Leo I the Great was ignored.
Appealing to the Pope, Flavian was beaten so
mercilessly that he was mortally wounded and died three
days later in exile. He was proclaimed a saint and martyr by the Council of Chalcedon in 451.