Anthimus I

Anthimus I (flourished 6th century) was a Greek Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople (reigned 535–536), the last notable Byzantine churchman explicitly to advocate Monophysitism (see Monophysite). As bishop of Trebizond Anthimus participated in discussions at Constantinople in 532, to effect religious and political unity between East and West. Although avowing support for the orthodox party, Anthimus harboured Monophysite sentiments and corresponded with the chief theoreticians of that doctrine, the patriarchs Severus of Antioch and Theodosius of...