Chrysostomos, St John

Church Father, born in Antioch. He spent six years as a monk in the mountains, but returned in 381 to Antioch, where he was ordained and gained a reputation as the greatest orator of the Church. In 398 he was made Archbishop of Constantinople, where he carried out many reforms, but his reproof of vices moved the Empress Eudoxia (ruled 395-404) to have him deposed and banished (403). His body was brought to Constantinople and reburied with honour in 438.