Kyros 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E/M VII |
| Dates | 631 (tpq) / 642 (ob.) |
| PmbZ No. | 4213 |
| Variant Names | Cyrus |
| Religion | Monothelete |
| Locations | Alexandria (Egypt); Alexandria (Egypt) (officeplace) |
| Titles | Archbishop, Alexandria (Egypt) (office); Bishop, Alexandria (Egypt) (office); Patriarch, Alexandria (Egypt) (office); Pope, Alexandria (Egypt) (office) |
| Textual Sources | Constantinople, Third Council of (Sixth Ecumenical Council), ed. R. Riedinger, Concilium Universale Constantinopolitanum Tertium, ACO II.2. 1 (Berlin, 1990-1992); also cited from Mansi XI passim (conciliar); Lateran Council = Concilium Lateranense anno 649 celebratum, ed. R. Riedinger, ACO II 1 (Berlin, 1984) (conciliar); Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle); Photius, Epistulae, ed. B. Laourdas and L. G. Westerink, 3 vols. (Leipzig, 1983-85) (letters) |
Kyros 2 was bishop of Alexandria from 631 to 642, when he died; see PLRE III, pp. 377-378.
Kyros 2, the patriarch of Alexandria, was one of those condemned as heretics at the Lateran Council of 649 under pope Martin I (Martinos 6) (the others were Sergios (patriarch of Constantinople from 610 to 638), Pyrrhos 1 and Paulos 2): Lib. Pont. 76. 3, and see Conc. Lat., passim (for references, see Paulos 2).
Patriarch of Alexandria; Kyros 2 was a monothelete and was condemned by the Council of Constantinople in 681: Council of Constantinople, passim, Photius, Ep. 1, line 331 (I 12 Laourdas-Westerink).
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