Eustathius of Constantinople
Appearance
Saint Eustathius of Constantinople | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | 31 May |
Saint Eustathius of Constantinople | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Installed | July 1019 |
Term ended | November 1025 |
Predecessor | Sergius II of Constantinople |
Successor | Alexius of Constantinople |
Personal details | |
Born | 10th century |
Died | November 1025 |
Denomination | Chalcedonian Christianity |
Eustathius of Constantinople (Greek: Εὐστάθιος; died November 1025) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from July 1019 to November 1025.
Eustathius was the
ecumenic in its own sphere (in suo orbe) in the East as the Papacy was in the world (in universo).[1] It is assumed this was Eustathius' effort to retain control over the Southern Italian churches.[2] While the offer was rejected, there was an acceptance by Pope John XIX of the practice of the Byzantine Rite in the south of Italy in exchange for the establishment of Latin Rite churches in Constantinople.[3]
His successor was Alexius of Constantinople.
Notes and references
Bibliography
- Charles Previté-Orton, The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History, Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 1979.
- Steven Runciman, Byzantine Civilisation, London, University Paperback, 1961.
- Joan M. Hussey, The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1986.