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Bishop of Byzantium from 114 to 129
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Diogenes of Byzantium
Bishop of Byzantium
Installed114
Term ended129
PredecessorSedecion of Byzantium
SuccessorEleutherius of Byzantium
Personal details
Died129
DenominationEarly Christianity

Diogenes of Byzantium (Greek: Διογένης; died c. 129) was the bishop of Byzantium for approximately fifteen years (114–129 AD). He succeeded bishop Sedecion of Byzantium. He was in office during the rule of Roman emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Very little is known of him

Notes and references

  1. "Diogenes". Official website of the Ecumenic Patriarchate of Constantinople. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
Titles of the Great Christian Church
Preceded bySedecion Bishop of Byzantium
114 – 129
Succeeded byEleutherius
Bishops of Byzantium and Patriarchs of Constantinople
Bishops of Byzantium
(Roman period, 38–330 AD)
Archbishops of Constantinople
(Roman period, 330–451 AD)
Patriarchs of Constantinople
(Byzantine period, 451–1453 AD)
Patriarchs of Constantinople
(Ottoman period, 1453–1923 AD)
Patriarchs of Constantinople
(Turkish period, since 1923 AD)
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