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Bishop of Byzantium from AD 69 to AD 89
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Polycarpus I of Byzantium
Bishop of Byzantium
Installed69
Term ended89
PredecessorOnesimus
SuccessorPlutarch of Byzantium
Personal details
Died89
DenominationEarly Christianity

Polycarpus I (Greek: Πολύκαρπος) was a bishop of Byzantium. He succeeded Bishop Onesimus in 69 AD, and served in that office until his death in 89 AD. His last eight years of office (from 81 AD) were during Emperor Domitian's persecution of the Christians. His relics are deposited in the Cathedral of Argyropolis.

References

  1. "Polycarpus". Official site of the Ecumenic Patriarchate of Constantinople. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
Titles of the Great Christian Church
Preceded byOnesimus Bishop of Byzantium
69–89
Succeeded byPlutarch
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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