Florentius of Sardis was a 5th-century bishop of Sardis and theologian.
He was also an attendee to the Council of ChalcedonRichard Price & Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 2005) p6 fl 451.Ulrich Huttner, Early Christianity in the Lycus Valley (BRILL, 29 Nov. 2013) p325. where he noted himself by giving impromptu translations of Latin text for his Greek speaking colleagues.Fergus Millar, A Greek Roman Empire: Power and Belief under Theodosius II (408–450) (University of California Press, 2006) p21. and at one heated point in the council, he called for an adjournment.Evagrius (Scholasticus), Michael Whitby, The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus (Liverpool University Press, 2000) p112. He was also one of 22 delegates who formed a subcommittee of the council, to examine and formulate the statement for the ecumenical council.J. H. N., I.e. J. H. Newman, and W. Kay., The Ecclesiastical History, from A.D. 429 to A.D. 456, (1844). p372. In the list of bishops at the council, he appeared in the eleventh position out of 305 bishops, between Peter of Corinth and Eunomius of Nicomedia.
He was the recipient of a letter from Theodoret,Theodoret, The Ecclesiastical History of Theodoret. who urged Florentius to oppose heresy and support those who are being persecuted.
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