Metrophanes of Smyrna

Metrophanes monachus

Biography

Metrophanes was metropolitan of Smyrna (857-880) and reference point of the whole Ignatian party. His prominence began on the occasion of the synod of 859. Later on, as a supporter of patriarch Ignatius, Metrophanes was exiled to Cherson in 860. After being restored (869/870), he refused to recognize Photius as a patriarch in 879/880 and was thus deposed from his see and replaced by Niketas as a metropolitan of Smyrna. The date of death is uncertain.

Works

• Panegyric to Euthymios of Sardis
• Vita Euthymii episcopi Sardensis

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Quotations

• [LXX] Ge 3:20-24
• [LXX] Ex 34:34
• [LXX] Ex 40:13-14
• [LXX] Ps 144:7
• [LXX] Ps 29:2

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