Description: (Archbishop of Constantinople from 428 to 431)
Nestorius was an early Christian prelate and Archbishop of Constantinople from 428 to 431. A theologian from the Catechetical School of Antioch, his teachings in Christology and Mariology sparked controversy. He rejected the title Theotokos for Mary, favoring a prosopic union of Christ's natures. Condemned for heresy by the Council of Ephesus in 431, he was later exiled to Upper Egypt. Despite his condemnation in the Roman Empire, the Church of the East in the Persian Empire upheld his teachings, leading to the term "Nestorian Church."