Euzois (
Greek
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Greece
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: Εὐζώιος, died 154) was the
bishop of Byzantium
The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and ''primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of the ...
for six years (148–154). He succeeded
Bishop Athenodorus. He was in office during the persecution of Christians by Emperor
Antoninus Pius
Antoninus Pius (Latin: ''Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius''; 19 September 86 – 7 March 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors from the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.
Born into a senatoria ...
. His successor was
Laurence
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.
Sources
www.ec-patr.org
2nd-century Romans
2nd-century Byzantine bishops
Bishops of Byzantium
154 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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