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Diogenes of Byzantium

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Diogenes of Byzantium
Bishop of Byzantium
Installed114
Term ended129
PredecessorSedecion of Byzantium
SuccessorEleutherius of Byzantium
Personal details
DenominationEarly Christianity

Diogenes (Greek: Διογένης; died c. 129) was the bishop of Byzantium for approximately fifteen years (114–129 AD). He succeeded Bishop Sedecion. He was in office during the rule of Trajan and Hadrian. Very little is known of him[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Diogenes". Official website of the Ecumenic Patriarchate of Constantinople. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
Titles of the Great Christian Church
Preceded by Bishop of Byzantium
114–129
Succeeded by