Dometius of Byzantium
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Dometius (? – 284) was bishop of Byzantium about the period 272–284. He was a brother of the Roman Emperor
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. He converted to
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, and entered the clergy when he was baptised by the bishop of Byzantium
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, whom he succeeded. He had two sons,
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and Metrophanes, who also became bishops of the same city.


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