(A.D. 425.)
[Roman Martyrology, that of Usuardus and the German Martyrologies.
Authorities for his life, very numerous: Socrates, Sozomen,
Synesius, Palladius, Photius, Nicephorus, Zonaras, &c.]
Atticus, a man of gentle spirit and conciliatory manners, succeeded S.
Chrysostom in the see of Constantinople. He, at first, refused to admit
the name of his predecessor into the diptychs; but was afterwards moved
to yield, in accordance with the Latin Church, which refused communion
with the see of Constantinople till the righteousness of the cause of
the great Chrysostom had been acknowledged. Atticus was engaged in
correspondence on this subject with S. Cyril of Alexandria, who
vehemently resented the admission of the name of Chrysostom, till he
also yielded at the instance of Isidore of Pelusium.