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'''Peter Fullo of Antioch''', also '''Peter the Fuller"''', an opponent of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon]], was able to hold the [[cathedra]] of the [[Church of Antioch]] as Patriarch of Antioch for various periods from 465 to 488 through the influence of emperor [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]].
==Life==
Little is known of the early life of Peter. He apparently was trained in the trade of a fuller of cloth which he practiced when he was a [[monk]] at the Monastery of Acoemeti, hence his name. He was expelled from the [[monastery]], that was located in the [[Diocese]] of [[Chalcedon]] on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, on account of his dissolute life and his [[heretic]]al doctrines. After leaving the monastery, Peter crossed over to Constantinople where he courted influential people and gained an introduction to Zeno, the son-in-law of emperor Leo I. Through Zeno, Peter obtained a position as [[priest]] at the [[Church]] of St. Bassa in Chalcedon.
His anti-Chalcedonian beliefs soon came apparent resulting in his being driven out by the populace. He joined Zeno again, in 463, as Zeno was en-route to Antioch as commander of the East (Magister Militum per Orientem). In Antioch, Peter became very desirous of the patriarchal throne of Antioch that was held by [[Martyrius of Antioch|Martyrius]]. Having befriended the people of Antioch, Peter raised suspicions against Martyrius as a secret [[Nestorianism|Nestorian]], causing, in 470, the expulsion of Martyrius and his own election to the throne.
Established as [[patriarch]], Peter openly declared himself against the Council of Chalcedon and, to gain favor of the non-Chalcedonians, added to the [[Trisagion]] the words "Who was crucified for us" in the [[Monophysitism|monophysitic]] sense that the [[God the Father|Father]] and the [[Holy Spirit]] were crucified with the Son. This, he imposed as a test upon all in his patriarchate, [[anathema]]tizing those who declined to accept it.
