Chalcedon

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ancient city historical settlement maritime city

Chalcedon was an ancient maritime city on the Asian side of the Bosporus, opposite Byzantium (later Constantinople), known as the site of the pivotal fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
historical settlement ⓘ
maritime city ⓘ
ancientName Χαλκηδών ⓘ
ancientNameLanguage Greek ⓘ
approximateFoundationCenturyBC 7th century BC ⓘ
councilAffirmed two natures of Christ ⓘ
councilConcernedWith Christology ⓘ
councilConvokedBy Emperor Marcian ⓘ
councilDate 451 ⓘ
councilDefined Chalcedonian Definition ⓘ
councilHeldHere Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
councilInfluenceOn Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestant Churches

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
councilLanguage Greek ⓘ
councilNumber Third Council of Constantinople ⓘ
surface form: Fourth Ecumenical Council
councilOpposed Monophysitism ⓘ
councilPresidedOverBy representatives of Pope Leo I ⓘ
councilType ecumenical council site ⓘ
foundedBy Greek colonists ⓘ
foundedFrom Megara ⓘ
heritageStatus archaeological site ⓘ
knownFor Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
laterBecame suburb of Constantinople ⓘ
laterIncorporatedInto Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople urban area
locatedIn Asia Minor ⓘ
Bithynia ⓘ
locatedOn Asian side of the Bosporus ⓘ
locatedOpposite Byzantium ⓘ
Constantinople (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
modernCountry Turkey ⓘ
modernLocation Istanbul ⓘ
Kadıköy ⓘ
oppositeShoreCity Byzantium ⓘ
Istanbul ⓘ
surface form: Constantinople
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
presentDayDistrictOf Istanbul Province ⓘ
region Bithynia ⓘ
surface form: Bithynia et Pontus
religiousRole episcopal see ⓘ
religiousSignificance major site in early Christian Church history ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
shoreType eastern shore of the Bosporus ⓘ
situatedNear Sea of Marmara ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Bosporus ⓘ
underControlOf Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Megara → foundedColony → Chalcedon ⓘ
Kadıköy → hasHistoricalName → Chalcedon ⓘ
Kadıköy → heldIn → Chalcedon ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Chalcedon
Council of Chalcedon → location → Chalcedon ⓘ
Bithynia → majorCity → Chalcedon ⓘ
Canon 28 → placeAdopted → Chalcedon ⓘ