St. Proclus of Constantinople

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🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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St. Proclus of Constantinople lived in the 5th century and combatted the great heretic, Nestorius. As lector, priest, and then bishop, St. Proclus exemplified the virtues of kindness, humility, and courage. On this episode of Catholic Saints, Dr. John Sehorn reflects on the life and preaching of St. Proclus of Constantinople a great Catholic saint revered in both the East and the West.

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast on Catholic Saints. This podcast is produced by the Augustine Institute,
0:09.1	an Apostolate helping Catholics understand, live, and share their faith.
0:19.6	Hello, welcome to Catholic Saints.
0:21.3	My name is Mary McGeehan.
0:22.9	I work here at the Augustine Institute, and I am joined by Dr. John Seahorn, the academic dean
0:28.5	and professor of theology here at the Augustine Institute.
0:31.1	Thank you for joining.
0:32.6	Happy to be here.
0:33.5	Can you let us know what your specialty is in theology that you teach?
0:37.2	I don't know. I wish someone would tell me. Everything. No, I mean, most of my training is in petristic, so I'm really happy to be here to talk about a church father. Wonderful. This episode, we're going to talk about St. Proclos of Constantinople. Let's just dive right in. When did he live? Where did he come from? Yeah, well, Constantinople.
0:56.9	Okay. And no, so usually when we say, you know, Saint so-and-so of wherever, it's where they were
1:03.6	bishop. And Proclos was eventually Bishop of Constantinople. We can get in that a little bit.
1:07.8	But he actually really was of Constantinople. In fact, he was the first
1:12.8	bishop of Constantinople who was a native of Constantinople. He was born in Constantinople. We don't
1:18.6	exactly know when at the latest, probably around the year 390, but maybe significantly earlier.
1:26.3	It's difficult to say.
1:27.7	Okay.
1:29.0	Born and raised in this area.
1:32.2	That's right.
1:33.0	Okay.
1:34.3	Anything noteworthy that we know about from his childhood,
1:38.5	his family life or people he learned from?
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