page_title: See of Sardis
section_title: Metropolitan bishops
hierarchical_section_title: See of Sardis / Metropolitan bishops
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Paul by en:El Greco, c. 1608-1614. Originally taken from artchive.com
context_page_description: The See of Sardis or Sardes was an episcopal see in the city of that name. It was one of the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse, held by metropolitan bishops since the middle to late 1st century, with jurisdiction over the province of Lydia, when this was formed in 295. After 1369 it became a titular see both for the Greek Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
context_section_description: One of the first scholarly listings of the bishops of Sardis is given by Michel Le Quien in Oriens christianus in quatuor patriarchatus digestus, in quo exhibentur Ecclesiae patriarchae caeterique praesules totius Orientis (abbreviated Oriens Christ.), published posthumously in 1740.
  Clement (Philippians 4.3)
  Melito of Sardis, c. 180
  Hieromartyr Therapont of Sardis, c. 259
  Heortasius (or Hortasius) (deposed in 359 by the Council of Ariminum)
  Maeonius of Sardis fl 431 attendee at Council of Ephesus
  Florentin (or Florentius), c. the 448 Synod of Constantinople
  Hieromartyr Euthymius, c. 787—December 26, 824
  John, successor of Euthymius
  Peter, c. 835
  Euthymios, 10th century
  Andronikos, c. 1283—1315, deposed for being an Arsenite
  Dionysius, c. the 1438 Council of Florence
  Germanos Troianos, c. 1923
  Maximos, 1946–1986
caption: Clement, a disciple of Paul the Apostle (pictured), attested to in Paul's Epistle to the Philippians is the first recorded bishop of Sardis.
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