Metrophanes
Life and witness
At Constantinople, of S, Metrophanes, bishop, and a renowned confessor.
Biographical overview
Metrophanes (Ancient Greek: Μητροφάνης) is a Greek masculine given name derived from μήτηρ 'mother' + φαίνω, 'appear, shine'. The name may refer to: Saint Metrophanes of Byzantium, bishop of Byzantium from 306 to 314 Metrophanes of Smyrna, Christian bishop, Metropolitan of Smyrna, in the ninth century Patriarch Metrophanes II of Constantinople, reigned from 1440 to 1443 Patriarch Metrophanes III of Constantinople, reigned from 1565 to 1572 and from 1579 to 1580 Patriarch Metrophanes of Alexandria (Metrophanes Kritopoulos), reigned between 1636 and 1639 Metrophanes, Chi Sung (1855–1900), Chinese Orthodox priest and martyr
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Constantinopoli sancti Metrophanis, Episcopi et Confessoris insignis.