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Chapter
XXVIII.—Proclus ordained Bishop of Cyzicus by
Sisinnius, but rejected by the People.
The bishop of Cyzicus having
died, Sisinnius ordained Proclus to the bishopric of that city. But
while he was preparing to depart thither, the inhabitants anticipated
him, by electing an ascetic named Dalmatius. This they did in disregard
of a law which forbade their ordination of a bishop without the
sanction of the bishop of Constantinople;991
| 991The Council in its 6th Canon declared that no one
should be ordained bishop without the consent of his metropolitan; but
that the bishop of Constantinople was the metropolitan of the Cyzicenes
does not appear unless the decree of the (Canon 3d) Council of
Constantinople making the latter a patriarchate is to be understood as
rendering the see of Cyzicus subordinate to that of Constantinople, as
an individual church is to the metropolitan. Cf. Bingham, Christ.
Antiq. II. 16. 12.
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but they pretended that this was a
special privilege granted to Atticus personally. Proclus therefore
continued destitute of the presidency over his own church, but acquired
celebrity for his discourses in the churches of Constantinople. We
shall however speak of him more particularly in an appropriate place.
Sisinnius having survived his appointment to the bishopric by barely
two entire years, was removed by death on the 24th of December, in the
consulate of Hierius and Ardaburius.992
For his temperance, integrity of life, and benignity to the poor, he
was deservedly eminent; he was moreover singularly affable and
guileless in disposition, and this rendered him rather averse to
business, so that by men of active habits he was accounted
indolent.
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