Eutychius was the son of Alexander, a general in the imperial Byzantine army of Belisarius and a monk at Amasea in Pontus (in modern Turkey) at age 30. He was named the archimandrite of a monastery in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey). Justinian the Great named him Patriarch of Constantinople from 552, and was confirmed in this position by Pope Vigilius. With Apollinarius of Alexandria...