Archimandrite
An Abbot Near the Capital
Eutyches was born around 380 and spent most of his long life as a monk. For decades he was archimandrite, or abbot, of a large monastery outside the walls of Constantinople, with some three hundred monks under him. He was devout, stubborn, and well connected: the powerful court official Chrysaphius, chief minister of Emperor Theodosius II, was his godson.
In the controversy over Nestorius he was an ardent supporter of Cyril of Alexandria, and after Cyril's death in 444 he allied himself with Cyril's successor, Dioscorus. Determined that no one should divide Christ into two, he came to speak as though Christ's humanity had been swallowed up in His deity.
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