Dioscorus of Alexandria

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Dioscorus of Alexandria was a 5th-century Coptic patriarch of Alexandria whose controversial leadership and Christological views played a central role in the theological conflicts surrounding the Council of Chalcedon.

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Label Occurrences
Dioscorus of Alexandria canonical 6
Dioscorus I of Alexandria 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 5th-century Christian theologian
Christian bishop
Coptic Orthodox saint
Patriarch of Alexandria
appointedAsPatriarch 444
associatedWith Christological controversies of the 5th century
Council of Chalcedon controversies
centuryOfActivity 5th century
chargeOrAccusation Accused of heresy at the Council of Chalcedon
Accused of violence and procedural irregularities at the Second Council of Ephesus
church Coptic Orthodox Church
surface form: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria

Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Church
contemporaryOf Emperor Marcian
Theodosius II
surface form: Emperor Theodosius II

Pope Leo I
councilParticipation Council of Chalcedon
Second Council of Ephesus
surface form: Council of Ephesus (449)
councilRole President of the Second Council of Ephesus
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
dateOfDeath 454
endOfPatriarchate 451
exileTo Gangra in Paphlagonia
knownFor Conflict with the bishops supporting the Council of Chalcedon
Defense of the formula "one incarnate nature of the Word of God"
Leadership of the Alexandrian theological school after Cyril
language Greek
majorFeastDay September 17 (Coptic calendar equivalent varies)
notableEvent Deposed at the Council of Chalcedon
opponent Flavian of Constantinople
Pope Leo I
opposedDoctrine Dyophysitism as defined at Chalcedon
Nestorianism
placeOfBirth Alexandria
placeOfDeath Gangra
positionHeld Head of the Coptic Church
Patriarch of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria
predecessor Cyril of Alexandria
regardedAs Heretic in the Chalcedonian tradition
Saint in the Coptic Orthodox Church
regionOfActivity Alexandria
Egypt
religion Christianity
schoolOrTradition Alexandrian theology
surface form: Alexandrian Christological tradition
successor Proterius of Alexandria
supportedCouncil Second Council of Ephesus
theologicalTradition Miaphysitism
veneratedIn Coptic Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodoxy
surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches

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Second Council of Ephesus presidedOverBy Dioscorus of Alexandria
Second Council of Ephesus participant Dioscorus of Alexandria
Council of Chalcedon (indirectly via Marian doctrine) deposed Dioscorus of Alexandria
subject surface form: Council of Chalcedon
Ibas of Edessa opponent Dioscorus of Alexandria
Robber Council presidedOverBy Dioscorus of Alexandria
Latrocinium of Ephesus presidedOverBy Dioscorus of Alexandria
Eutyches supportedBy Dioscorus of Alexandria
this entity surface form: Dioscorus I of Alexandria