Fravitta of Constantinople

Fravitta of Constantinople, also called Fravitas, Flavitas or Flavian II, was patriarch of Constantinople between 489 and 490, of Gothic descent according to one source. He was a presbyter in charge of the suburban church of Saint Thecla when he was chosen, after the death of Patriarch Acacius.

A story by Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos says he bribed a eunuch so that his name would be written on the blank sheet left on the altar; his correspondence with Emperor Zeno and Pope Felix III, however, shows no trace of this. Fravitta wrote both to the pope and to Patriarch Peter III of Alexandria, asking for communion with each, and the double letters brought him disgrace. He died in March 490, after about four months.

The sources consulted show no canonization.