Editing Chalcis (section)

== Ecclesiastical history ==
=== Greek bishopric ===
[[File:Saint Dimitrios Chankida 1.jpg|thumb|180px|Saint Dimitrios church]]

The Byzantine diocese of Chalkis was initially a [[suffragan]] of the [[Metropolis of Corinth|Archdiocese of Corinth]], but in the 9th century was transferred to the Metropolitan of Athens, remaining in the sway of the [[Patriarchate of Constantinople]]. It was also known as Euripo, like it is mentioned in the Byzantine imperial [[Notitia Episcopatuum]] since emperor [[Leo VI the Wise]] (886-912).

Several of its Greek bishops are recorded, but some are disputed :
* Constantinus, signed in 458 a letter by the bishops of Greece to [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Leo I the Thracian]] after the murder by Coptic mobs of patriarch [[Proterius of Alexandria]].
** Lequien list before him Anatolius (in 363), but he was probably bishop of [[Aleppo|Beroea]] in [[Syria Prima]] (now [[Aleppo]]). 
** next Lequien inserts, by benefit of doubt, Iohannes Damasceno, whom he also lists as bishop of [[Euroea in Phoenicia|Euroea (in Phoenicia) alias Evaria]], in [[Phoenicia]].
* Teodorus and Teofilattus, successive (?) bishops of Euripus, participated in the [[Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic)|869–70 Church council]] held at [[Constantinople]].<ref name="ODB"/> viz. the Council of Constantinople of 879–880, both treating the fate of Patriarch [[Photios I of Constantinople]].

=== Latin crusader bishopric ===
At the establishment of the [[crusader state]] [[Lordship of Negroponte]], Chalcis or Negroponte (seat of the central one of its three 'triarchies' constituent baronies) became a [[Latin Church]] [[diocese]], the first bishop being Theodorus, the Greek bishop of the see, who entered [[communion (Christian)|communion]] with the [[Holy See|see of Rome]],<ref>Michel Lequien, [https://books.google.com/books?id=86weAemI-e4C ''Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus''], Paris 1740, Vol. II, coll. 212-215</ref> installed by [[papal legate]].
 
On 8 February 1314, the Latin see was united ''[[in commendam]]'' (as an 'additional benefice') with the [[Latin Patriarch of Constantinople|Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople]], so that the exiled Patriarch, excluded from Constantinople itself since the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] reconquest of the city, could have actual jurisdiction on Greek soil and exercise a direct role as head of the Latin clergy in what remained of [[Latin Greece]].<ref>{{cite journal | last = Loenertz | first = R.-J. | title = Cardinale Morosini et Paul Paléologue Tagaris, patriarches, et Antoine Ballester, vicaire du Papae, dans le patriarcat de Constantinople (1332-34 et 1380-87) | journal =  Revue des études byzantines | volume = 24 | year = 1966 | pages =  224–256 | url = http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rebyz_0766-5598_1966_num_24_1_1373 | doi = 10.3406/rebyz.1966.1373 | language = fr }}</ref>