The life of St Eutychius of Constantinople
Years later, in his own reign's later stretch, the emperor Justinian himself fell into error, embracing a teaching called Aphthartodocetism that held the Lord's body had been incorruptible even before the Resurrection, untouched by hunger, thirst, or pain, in direct contradiction of what the Gospels themselves plainly recorded. Eutychius would not bend to this teaching, and Justinian, unwilling to tolerate the resistance, exiled him in 565 to a monastery at Amasea.
He remained there twelve years and eight months, living an ascetic life remembered for its own wonders, healing many through prayer and the anointing of oil even in exile. Only in October 577, once Justin II held the throne, was he recalled and restored to his see, welcomed back by crowds so overjoyed that the city kept festival for days, and the line for communion at his first liturgy home is said to have lasted some six hours.
He reposed on April 6, 582, a patriarch remembered for holding fast against an emperor's own error rather than his enemies'.
