Alenka CEDILNIK, Dominic MOREAU,
Demophilus, the Last Arian Bishop of Constantinople? Contribution (II) to the Christian Prosopography of the Dioecesis Thraciarum
Keywords: Demophilus I of Constantinople, Arian controversy, Eusebians, Pope Liberius, Constantinopolitan episcopal see.
Abstract: This paper discusses the role of an important bishop, Demophilus of Beroe/Constantinople, in the Arian controversy. Two issues are dealt with in particular: the role of Demophilus as representative of the most influential group of Arian/Homoean bishops, and his involvement in the politico-religious strategy of Constantinople at the time, when its episcopal see still had to affirm itself as the most important see in the Eastern part of the Empire.