They were famous for their strict fasting, chastity, and knowledge of the Bible but were controversial for their support of the contested theology of Origen of Alexandria.
[2] Opposed by Pope Theophilus I of Alexandria (the uncle of the future Saint Cyril of Alexandria),[3] the Tall Brothers fled to Constantinople, where they were received by Saint John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, whose hospitality was later used to condemn and depose him at the Synod of the Oak in AD 403.
[4] Dioscorus, one of the Tall Brothers, was appointed Bishop of Hermopolis (a city near Nitria) during the late 4th century and attended the Council of Constantinople in 394.
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