 He now hastened it, and the summons had been issued to patriarchs and metropolitans on 19 November, before the pope's sentence, delivered though Cyril of Alexandria, had been served on Nestorius.Emperor Theodosius II convoked a general church council, at Ephesus, itself a special seat for the veneration of Mary, where the "Theotokos" formula was popular.The Emperor and his wife supported Nestorius, but Pope Celestine supported Cyril.