CHRYSOSTOM, JOHN

(347-407) Forthright, eloquent preacher in his home city, but was kidnapped and forced to become the Archbishop of Constantinople; his direct and frank preaching caused Empress Eudosia to banish him because she thought he insulted her; he was soon recalled, but not tamed. He was banished again where he died in the desert; 30 years later his bones were brought back and buried with great pomp; "Chrysostom" means "Golden Mouth" wrote On the Priesthood .