Eustathius of Constantinople
Saint Eustathius | |
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Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Born | 10th century |
Died | December 1025 |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | May 31 |
Saint Eustathius | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Installed | July 1019 |
Term ended | December 1025 |
Predecessor | St. Sergius II |
Successor | Alexius |
Personal details | |
Denomination | Chalcedonian Christianity |
Eustathius (Greek: Εὐστάθιος; died December 1025) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from July 1019 to December 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 John 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.
References
Sources
- Charles William Previté-Orton, ed.. The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History, Vol. 1. Cambridge: University Press, 1979.
- Steven Runciman. Byzantine Civilisation. London, University Paparback, 1961.
- JM Hussey. The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986.