Memnon of Ephesus explained

Memnon was metropolitan bishop of Ephesus during the third ecumenical council.^[1]

At the Council of Ephesus

At the Council he was a supporter of Cyril of Alexandria. Delays in the opening of the council were blamed by Nestorius on Memnon.^[2]

Memnon hosted the second session of the Council in his episcopal palace and at the fourth session Cyril and Memnon presented a formal protest against John of Antioch for convening a separate conciliabulum, which condemned both of them.^[3]

Bassianus

Reportedly out of jealousy, Memnon sought to get rid of Bassianus, a priest under him, by ordaining him to the bishopric of Evaza. Bassianus refused the position and in 444 became, by an irregular process, Memnon's second successor.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2009/10/historicity-of-seven-sleepers-of.html The Historicity of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
2. Uthemann, Karl-Heinz, “Memnon of Ephesus”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 29 December 2017
3. Joseph F. Kelly,The Ecumenical Councils of the Catholic Church: A History (Liturgical Press, 2009).
4. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02345a.htm John Bertram Peterson, "Bassianus" in The Catholic Encyclopedia (New York: Robert Appleton, 1907).