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Hierarch · 6th century

Saint Macedonius II Patriarch of Constantinople

Also known as Macedonius the Confessor

Patriarch of Constantinople (496-511) and confessor who defended the Council of Chalcedon against Emperor Anastasius I; he was deposed, exiled, and died about 516.

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Notes

Distinct from the 4th-c. heretic Macedonius I (the Pneumatomachian).

Sources: OrthodoxWiki; J. Sanidopoulos, johnsanidopoulos.com