Sergius, also known as Tychicus (?–835), was a religious leader of the 9th century. In 801,[1] after joining the
Astati at Argaoun (now
Arguvan), he founded the
Paulician Church of the
Colossians.[2] He later led a mission to
Cilicia and founded the Church of the
Ephesians, based in
Mimistra. According to
Peter the Hegoumenos, Sergius was the seventh and last leader of the Paulicians, and the successor to
Baanes (or Vahan) the Filthy.[2] The sect was suppressed in 835.
References
^Nina G. Garsoïan, The Paulician heresy: a study of the origin and development of Paulicianism in Armenia and the Eastern Provinces of the Byzantine empire,
ISBN3111344525, p.119
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abJanet Hamilton, Bernard Hamilton, Yuri Stoyanov, Christian Dualist Heresies in the Byzantine World, C. 650-c. 1450: Selected Sources, Manchester University Press, 1998,
ISBN071904765X, pp. 20, 93