Memnon of Ephesus

Memnon was metropolitan bishop of Ephesus during the third ecumenical council.[1]

At the Council of Ephesus

At the Council he was a supporter of Cyril of Alexandria. Delays in the opening of the Council were blamed by Nestorius on Memnon.[2]

Memnon hosted the second session of the Council in his episcopal palace and at the fourth session Cyril and Memnon presented a formal protest against John of Antioch for convening a separate conciliabulum, which condemned both of them.[3]

Bassianus

Reportedly out of jealousy, Memnon sought to get rid of Bassianus, a priest under him, by ordaining him to the bishopric of Evaza. Bassianus refused the position and in 444 became, by an irregular process, Memnon's second successor.[4]

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References
  1. The Historicity of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus .
  2. Uthemann, Karl-Heinz, “Memnon of Ephesus”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 29 December 2017
  3. Joseph F. Kelly,The Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church: A History (Liturgical Press, 2009).
  4. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02345a.htm John Bertram Peterson, "Bassianus" in The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York: Robert Appleton, 1907).
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