Paul I of Constantinople | |
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Archbishop of Constantinople | |
Church | Early Church |
Diocese | Constantinople |
Installed | 337 |
Term ended | c. 350 |
Predecessor | Alexander of Constantinople Eusebius of Nicomedia Macedonius I of Constantinople |
Successor | Eusebius of Nicomedia Macedonius I of Constantinople |
Personal details | |
Born | Thessalonica |
Died | c. 350 |
Denomination | Eastern Christianity |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 6 November |
Venerated in | Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
Paul I of Constantinople or Saint Paul the Confessor (Greek: Παῦλος; died c. 350), was the sixth bishop of Constantinople, elected first in 337. Paul I became involved in the Arian controversy which drew in the Emperor of the West, Constans, and his counterpart in the East, his brother Roman emperor Constantius II. Paul I was installed and deposed three times from the See of Constantinople between 337 and 350. He was murdered by strangulation during his third and final exile in Cappadocia. His feast day is on 6 November.