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Saint Antoine
Patriarche de
Constantinople (+ 901)
Patriarche de
Constantinople, il mit tout en œuvre pour rétablir l'unité de l'Eglise
compromise en 867 par la querelle entre le patriarche saint
Photios et le Pape saint
Nicolas Ier.
À Constantinople, en 901,
saint Antoine, surnommé Cauléas, évêque, qui, au temps de l'empereur Léon VI,
fit tous ses efforts pour affermir la paix et l'unité dans l'Église.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/5656/Saint-Antoine.html
Saint Antoine
Cauléas
Patriarche de
Constantinople (895-901)
Fête le 12 février
Églises d’Orient
Près de Constantinople
[auj. Istanbul, Turquie] 829 – † v. 901
Autres graphies :
Antoine II Cauléas, Antoine Cauléas (Kauleas) ou de Constantinople
Né près de Constantinople,
d’origine phrygienne, il montra de bonne heure un grand penchant pour la
contemplation et devint plus tard abbé d’un monastère situé au voisinage de la
ville. À la mort du patriarche Étienne de Constantinople, en 888, il fut élu à
sa place. Administrateur prudent, il possédait « la discrétion d’un esprit
pur, qui sait conserver l’équilibre et ne se laisse pas abuser ». Il mit
tout en œuvre pour rétablir l’unité de l’Église brisée en 867 par la querelle
entre le patriarche Photios et le pape Nicolas Ier.
SOURCE : http://www.martyretsaint.com/antoine-cauleas/
Also
known as
Anthony Cauleas
Antony Cauleas
Antony Kauleas
Antony II of
Constantinople
Profile
Born to a noble family
from Phrygia who had moved to the country to escape persecution by
the iconoclasts. Monk near Constantinople at
age 12. Abbot of
his house. Patriarch of Constantinople in 893.
He worked to heal the schisms created
by his predecessor Photius, presiding over the Fourth
Æcumenical Council of Constantinople in 869 and 870 which
condemned or reversed all that Photius had done; all records of the council
were destroyed by later schismatics.
Throughout his life Antony was known for his personal holiness, his deep
personal prayer life,
and the sanctity he brought to his offices.
Born
829 near Constantinople
12
February 901 of
natural causes
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MLA
Citation
“Saint Anthony Kauleas“. CatholicSaints.Info.
15 April 2022. Web. 11 February 2024.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-anthony-kauleas/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-anthony-kauleas/
Antony Kauleas B (RM)
(also known as Antony Cauleas)
Born near Constantinople
in 829; died 901. Antony's noble, Phrygian parents had retired to the
countryside near Constantinople to escape the persecution of the Iconoclasts
when he was born. He became a monk at a monastery in Constantinople when he was
12 years old, and eventually became its abbot. Upon the death of Patriarch
Stephen the Wise, the brother of Emperor Leo VI, Antony succeeded as patriarch
of Constantinople in 893. Thus, he was the second successor to Photius, the
effects of whose schism he labored to remove (and whom Leo VI exiled). Antony completed
the work began by Stephen to bring peace to the Church in the East. He presided
over the Fourth Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (869-70), which condemned
or reformed all that had been done by Photius during his last usurpation of
that see after the death of Saint Ignatius. The acts of this council are
entirely lost, perhaps through the malice of those Greeks who renewed this
unhappy schism. A perfect spirit of mortification, penance, and prayer,
sanctified this great pastor, both in his private and public life. His name is
found both in the Greek Menaea and in the Roman Martyrology (Benedictines,
Husenbeth).
Also
known as
Anthony Cauleas
Antony Cauleas
Antony Kauleas
Antony II of
Constantinople
Profile
Born to a noble family
from Phrygia who had moved to the country to escape persecution by
the iconoclasts. Monk near Constantinople at
age 12. Abbot of
his house. Patriarch of Constantinople in 893.
He worked to heal the schisms created
by his predecessor Photius, presiding over the Fourth
Æcumenical Council of Constantinople in 869 and 870 which
condemned or reversed all that Photius had done; all records of the council
were destroyed by later schismatics.
Throughout his life Antony was known for his personal holiness, his deep personal prayer life,
and the sanctity he brought to his offices.
Born
829 near Constantinople
12
February 901 of
natural causes
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-anthony-kauleas/
Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Saint Antony Cauleas, Patriarch of Constantinople, Confessor
Article
He was by extraction of a
noble Phrygian family, but born at a country seat near Constantinople, where
his parents lived retired for fear of the persecution and infection of the
Iconoclasts. From twelve years of age he served God with great fervour, in a monastery
of the city, which some moderns pretend to have been that of Studius. In
process of time he was chosen abbot, and, upon the death of Stephen, brother to
the emperor Leo VI, surnamed the wise, or the Philosopher, patriarch of
Constantinople in 893. His predecessor had succeeded Photius in 886, (whom this
emperor expelled,) and laboured strenuously to extinguish the schism he had
formed, and restore the peace of the church over all the East. Saint Antony,
completed this great work, and in a council in which he presided at
Constantinople, condemned or reformed all that had been done by Photius, during
his last usurpation of that see, after the death of Saint Ignatius. The acts of
this important council are entirely lost, perhaps through the malice of those
Greeks who renewed this unhappy schism. A perfect spirit of mortification,
penance, and prayer, sanctified this great pastor, both in his private and
public life. He died in the year 896, of his age sixty-seven, on the 12th of
February, on which day his name is inserted in the Greek Menæa, and in the
Roman Martyrology. See an historical panegyric on his virtues, spoken soon
after his death by a certain Greek philosopher name Nicephorus, in the
Bollandists.
MLA
Citation
Father Alban Butler.
“Saint Antony Cauleas, Patriarch of Constantinople, Confessor”. Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints, 1866. CatholicSaints.Info.
11 February 2013. Web. 17 December 2020.
<https://catholicsaints.info/butlers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-antony-cauleas-patriarch-of-constantinople-confessor/>
February 12, 2018
Saint
Anthony II Kauleas, Patriarch of Constantinople (+ 901)
Verses
Anthony cared not for things below,
For which he was justly made worthy of the good things above.
Our Holy Father Anthony
was born in 829 near Constantinople into a noble family that had moved to the
countryside near Constantinople from Phrygia to escape the persecution of the
Iconoclasts. Anthony became a monk at a monastery in Constantinople when he was
twelve years old. He eventually became the abbot of the monastery, earning a
reputation for assistance to the poor. After the restoration of Patriarch
Ignatios in 867, Anthony contributed to the reconciliation between the
supporters of Patriarchs Photios and Ignatios, both of whom were pursuing the
same policies. He came to the attention of Stylianos Zaoutzes, the powerful
minister of Roman Emperor Leo VI the Wise, who had ascended to the throne in
886. Anthony supported Leo against Patriarch Photios when Leo replaced Photios
with his younger brother Stephen I. Upon the death of Patriarch Stephen I,
Anthony was appointed by Leo as Patriarch of Constantinople in 893.
Patriarch
Anthony II was a pious man who generously endowed monastic foundations and founded
or re-founded the Kaulea Monastery (more accurately called "Kalliou")
with the support of the emperor. He devoted himself to restoring harmony within
the Church. One of his great accomplishments was to renew ties between the
Church and Stylianos Mapas, Metropolitan of Neocaesarea, and members of his
anti-Photian party, a move that promoted peaceful relations between
Constantinople and the Church of Rome.
Saint Anthony reposed in
peace on February 12, 901 in Constantinople and was buried in the church of his
monastery. There Saint Anthony was held responsible for various miracles after
his repose. Nikephoros Gregoras the Philosopher offered an encomium in his
honor.* There it says "he had the discretion of a pure mind that keeps its
balance and is not deceived;" and, "his happy and praiseworthy life
was a credit to all." After 1192, the Kaulea Monastery was renamed after
its founder, Saint Anthony.**
Notes:
* Read the encomium here.
** St. Nikodemos the
Hagiorite says that the Anthony that should be commemorated on this day is
Patriarch Anthony III the Studite of Constantinople, who reposed in 983.
SOURCE : https://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2018/02/saint-anthony-ii-kauleas-patriarch-of.html
Sant' Antonio Cauleas Patriarca
di Costantinopoli
m. Costantinopoli, 901
circa
Sant’Antonio detto
“Cauleas”, patriarca di Costantinopoli, al tempo dell’imperatore Leone VI si
adoperò con tutte le sue forze per consolidare la pace e l’unità della Chiesa.
Martirologio Romano: A
Costantinopoli, sant’Antonio, detto Cauléas, vescovo, che al tempo
dell’imperatore Leone VI fortemente si adoperò per rafforzare la pace e l’unità
nella Chiesa.
Sant’Antonio Cauleas
nacque nei pressi di Costantinopoli in una località ove i suoi genitori si
erano ritirati per timore della persecuzione iconoclasta. Alla morte della
madre Antonio, allora appena dodicenne, entrò in un monastero nella capitale
imperiale bizantina, del quale divenne ben presto abate con il nome di “Antonio
II Cauleas” (essendo stato preceduto da Antonio I Cassimatas, 821-837). Il
padre di Antonio entrò più tardi anch’egli in monastero e ricevete l’abito
religioso direttamente dalle mani del figlio. La Chiesa orientale viveva a quel
tempo in uno stato di grande confusione, dopo che l’imperatore aveva espulso il
legittimo patriarca costantinopolitano Sant’Ignazio (23 ottobre) e nell’867
aveva imposto sul soglio vescovile il celebre Fozio.
Anche questi fu però
costretto a lasciare la cattedra patriarcale nell’886, probabilmente spinto dal
nuovo imperatore Leone VI che voleva insediare il proprio fratello minore
Stefano. Fozio non oppose resistenza e si ritirò in un monastero, mentre invece
i seguaci di Ignazio non vollero riconoscere la legittimità dell’elezione di
Stefano, in quanto ordinato diacono proprio da Fozio.
In questo contesto, alla
morte di Stefano nell’893 Antonio fu eletto patriarca di Costantinopoli. Il suo
operato fu subito caratterizzato da molteplici sforzi volti a riappacificare le
due fazioni, riuscendo infine a persuadere il metropolita Stiliano Mapas, capo
degli ignaziani, a porre fine allo scisma. Un punto di forza per Antonio derivò
dall’aver ricevuto l’ordinazione in tempi non sospetti e dunque
dall’indiscutibilità della validità del suo ministero, come era avvenuto invece
per il suo immediato predecessore Stefano.
Non è storicamente chiaro
se per risolvere la disputa sia stato necessario l’intervento del vescovo di
Roma oppure questi abbia semplicemente sanzionato in un secondo tempo la
soluzione già raggiunta da Antonio. Il dato di fatto è che entrambe le Chiese,
sia Roma che Costantinopoli, riconobbero “Ignazio, Fozio, Stefano ed Antonio”
quale autentica e valida successione di patriarchi sulla sede bizantina. La
pace fu stipulata ufficialmente nell’899 ed Antonio morì poco dopo, forse verso
il 901.
A parte il suo
particolare ruolo nella storia universale della Chiesa, come descritto sinora,
non si hanno molte altre notizie sulla vita di Antonio, se non ciò che i suoi
contemporanei abbiano tramandato circa il suo spirito di mortificazione, di
preghiera e di penitenza. Fondò uno splendido monastero in cui volle
essere sepolto, che successivamente in suo onore fu ridenoominato “tou koulea,
o tou kyr antoniou”.
Il Martyrologium Romanum
commemora al 12 febbraio Sant’Antonio Cauleas, quale consolidatore della pace e
dell’unità della Chiesa.
Autore: Fabio
Arduino
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92723
Den hellige Antonius
Kauleas (829-~901)
Minnedag: 12.
februar
Den hellige Antonius
Kauleas (Cauleas) ble født i 829 nær Konstantinopel i en frygisk familie som
hadde trukket seg tilbake fra byen av frykt for forfølgelser fra ikonoklastenes
side. Da hans mor døde, ble Antonius i en alder av tolv år munk i et kloster i
Konstantinopel. Senere ble han abbed for dette klosteret som Antonius II
Kauleas, for en av hans forgjengere var Antonius I Kassymatas (821-37). Hans
far trådte inn i klosteret og ble ikledd drakten av sin sønn.
Den bysantinske Kirken
var i denne perioden i en tilstand av betydelig forvirring. Den hellige
patriarken Fotios ble
innsatt som en inntrenger i embetet etter at den hellige Ignatius av
Konstantinopel ble utvist av keiseren i 867. Men han hadde blitt
tvunget til å abdisere for andre gang i 886, åpenbart bare fordi den nye
keiseren Leo VI (886-911) ønsket å ha sin yngre bror Stefan som patriark.
Fotios trakk seg tilbake til et kloster og døde rundt 891.
Tilhengerne av Ignatius
nektet å anerkjenne Stefan, siden han var blitt diakonviet av Fotios. Stefan
døde i 893, og da ble Antonius valgt til ny patriark. Han var utrettelig i sine
forsøk på å skape fred mellom de to fraksjonene, og til slutt lyktes han i å
overtale ignatianernes leder, metropolitt Stylian Mapas, til å gi opp sin
motstand. Siden hans egen ordinasjon hadde funnet sted enten under den
hellige Methodios
Bekjenneren (d. 847) eller Ignatius, var han ikke utsatt for de samme
angrep på sin gyldighet som Stefan hadde vært. Han viste seg å være en dyktig
og hellig kirkeleder under vanskelige omstendigheter.
Om pavens intervensjon
bidro til å løse disputten eller bare sanksjonerte en løsning som var fått i
stand av Antonius, er ikke klart, men både Roma og Konstantinopel anerkjente at
«Ignatius, Fotios, Stefan og Antonius» utgjorde en autentisk suksesjon av
patriarker. Denne freden ble oppnådd i 899, og dermed var det såkalte
«Fotianske» skisma mellom Konstantinopel og Roma over.
Bortsett fra Antonius'
plass i den generelle kirkehistorien er det ikke mye som er kjent om ham, selv
om samtidige skrev om hans ånd av askese, bot og bønn. Han døde rundt 901. Han
hadde grunnlagt og deretter restaurert et strålende kloster hvor han ble
gravlagt, og det ble siden omdøpt til hans ære til Tou Koulea eller Tou
Kyr Antoniou. Hans minnedag er 12. februar og hans navn står i Martyrologium
Romanum.
Kilder:
Attwater/Cumming, Butler (II), Benedictines, Bunson, KIR, CSO, Patron Saints
SQPN, Infocatho, santiebeati.it - Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden -
Opprettet: 1998-04-12 22:01 - Sist oppdatert: 2006-07-26 18:05
SOURCE : http://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/akauleas
