Dioskouros of Alexandria, Or the making of a Church villain, with Volker Menze

A conversation with Volker Menze about the fifth-century patriarch Dioskouros of Alexandria, what we really know about him, and why he was demonized in the western traditions. A close reading of the Council Acts suggests a different picture: a bishop who thought he was doing right by the established creed and following the directives of the emperor suddenly found himself in the hot seat.
Volker L. Menze is a Professor at Central European University and is a historian of Late Antiquity, dedicated to Political Church History. The conversation is based on Volker's book Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria: The Last Pharaoh and Ecclesiastical Politics in the Later Roman Empire (Oxford University Press, 2023).
Byzantium & Friends is hosted by Anthony Kaldellis, a Professor at the University of Chicago.

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