Dionysius I of Constantinople
Saint Dionysius I of Constantinople | |
|---|---|
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Church | Church of Constantinople |
| In office | End 1466 – end 1471 July 1488 – end 1490 |
| Predecessor | Symeon I of Constantinople [1] Nephon II of Constantinople |
| Successor | Symeon I of Constantinople Maximus IV of Constantinople |
| Previous post(s) | Metropolitan of Philippopolis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | 1492 Drama |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 23 November |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Dionysius I of Constantinople (
Life
Dionysius was born in
Following his release Dionysius became highly thought of by
At that time the Patriarchal throne was contested by two factions, one led by the lay archons George Galesiotes (the Great Chartophylax) and Manuel Christonymos (the future Patriarch Maximus III of Constantinople), the other composed of the nobles of the former Empire of Trebizond who were forced to move to Constantinople after Trebizond's fall to the Ottomans in 1461. The former supported Mark II of Constantinople as Patriarch, the latter supported Symeon I of Constantinople.[4]
In 1466 Symeon I was successful in deposing Mark II and obtaining the throne after presenting the
The date of appointment of Dionysius as Patriarch is most likely the end of 1466 because on 15 January 1467 he signed an act by which the Holy Synod stripped of any ecclesiastic dignity George Galesiotes and Manuel Christonymos.[6] However these two lay nobles soon regained their influence and strongly opposed Dionysius I,[4] who was opposed also by the supporters of Symeon I.
Dionysius I reigned with the protection of Mara till the end of 1471 when his opponents accused him of having been converted to
After his deposition in 1471, Dionysius I moved to the monastery of Eikosifinissa in Drama. In July 1488[1] he was elected as Patriarch for a second term supported by Greek public opinion,[5] and he reigned remaining in his monastery.[2] He was deposed at the end of 1490[1] because the Athonite monks were annoyed by him.[5] Dionysius I died in 1492.[1]
Notes and references
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
- ^ a b c d e "Dionysios I". Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4094-1064-5.
- ^ .
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-31310-0.
- ^ Petit, L. (1903). "Déposition du Patriarche Mark Xylocarvi". Revue de l'Orient Chrétien (in French) (8): 144–149.
Bibliography
- Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate - A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. ISBN 9781434458766.
- Laurent, Vitalien (1968). "Les premiers patriarches de Constantinople sous la domination turque (1454–1476) - Succession et chronologie d'après un catalogue inédit". Revue des études byzantines. 26: 229–263. .
- Runciman, Steven (1985) [1968]. The Great Church in Captivity - A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence (2nd ed.). ISBN 9780521313100.
External links
- Historia politica et patriarchica Constantinopoleos, Cap VI: Patriarch Dionysius, trans. Martin Crusius, 1584, Main primary source, (in Greek and Latin)
