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Timothy then proceeded to Constantinople claiming his adoption of the Chalcedon doctrine and so by hoped to retain his [[see]]. On [[June 17]], 460, Leo I of Rome wrote to emperor Leo and Patr. Gennadius of Constantinople urging that Timothy was disqualified for having "invaded so great a see during the lifetime of its bishop". Then, Timothy was again exiled, first to Gangra and then to Chersonese.
The Church of Alexandria was ruled peacefully for sixteen years under Patr. [[Timothy III Salofacioiusof Alexandria|Timothy III Salofacioius]]. In late 475, the new emperor Basiliscus, who had usurped the imperial throne from emperor [[Zeno (emperor)|Zeno]], called Timothy Aelurus to Constantinople, who, while warmly welcomed by his admirers, was forbidden entry to the churches by Patr. [[Acacius of Constantinople|Acacius]] of Constantinople. Basiliscus, however, recognized him as the rightful bishop of Alexandria and condemned "the innovation in the faith which was made at Chalcedon". The Eutychians of Constantinople, however, were met with disappointment when Timothy said he accepted the statement Cyril had adopted at his reunion with John of Antioch that "the Incarnate Word was consubstantial with us, according to the flesh".
When Timothy Aelurus arrived back at Alexandria, he resumed the [[cathedra]], while the kindly and popular Timothy Salofacioius retired to his [[monastery]] in the Alexandria suburb called Canopus. Timothy Aelurus remained the patriarch for only a few years, reposing in late 477.
title=Patriarch of Alexandria|
years=457-460|
after=[[Timothy III Salofacioiusof Alexandria|Timothy Salofacioius]]}}
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before=Timothy Salofacioius|