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St. Polyeuctus, patriarch of Constantinople (970) Commemorated on February 5 Born in Constantinople, he was made a eunuch in childhood by
his parents, who hoped that he would go into the Byzantine civil service. But he
became a monk, and so distinguished himself for his holiness and learning that
in 956 he was made Patriarch of Constantinople by the Emperor Constantine VII
Porphyrogenitos. In his own day he was called 'the Second Chrysostom' for the
power of his preaching and his zeal for the Orthodox faith. |
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