He had earlier gained the position of archbishop of Constantinople due to forceful, eloquent sermons like "On the Statues".
He originally studied law under the pagan rheterotician Libanius, but soon turned to the priesthood. He refused to come before the Synod at the Oak that was convened by his enemies, the Alexandrian archbishop Theophilus and Eudoxia, wife of Eastern Roman emperor Arcadius, and died after his exile to the eastern edge of the Black Sea. He had earlier gained the position of archbishop of Constantinople due to forceful, eloquent sermons like "On the Statues". For 10 points - who was this doctor of the Church whose clear, zealous speeches gained him a moniker meaning "golden-mouthed"?
He originally studied law under the pagan rheterotician Libanius, but soon turned to the priesthood.
St. John Chrysostom