city
Constantinople
Istanbul, Turkey
41.008, 28.978
Attested. The city's foundation and the councils held in or about it are well documented.
Constantine's new capital, dedicated in 330. Its bishop rose quickly in rank and was at the center of the councils of 381 and of the Nestorian and Eutychian controversies.
Sources
No separate modern citation is attached to this place. The confidence note above is the atlas summary of the evidence.
Cited notes
381. Councils of 381, 553, 680-681, 692.
See Councils page (sources there) · Unverified in the source note
Manuscripts tied to this place
Further reading
Councils here
- Constantinople (381)
People linked here
- Arius
- Eusebius of Nicomedia
- Constantine I
- Constantius II
- Gregory of Nazianzus
- Gregory of Nyssa
- Theodosius I
- Meletius of Antioch
- Cyril of Jerusalem
- Demophilus of Constantinople
- Eleusius of Cyzicus
- Eudoxius of Constantinople
- Aetius
- Eunomius of Cyzicus
- John Chrysostom
- Nestorius
- Flavian of Constantinople
- Eutyches
- Theodosius II
- Marcian
- Pulcheria
- Julian