Joasaph I of Constantinople

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Joasaph I of Constantinople
Isidore II[1]
SuccessorGennadius Scholarius[1]
Personal details
Bornunknown
Diedafter 1463

Antony Joasaph I Kokkas (Greek: Ἰωάσαφ Κόκκας; died after 1463) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in the 1460s. The exact dates of his reign are disputed by scholars at various times ranging from 1462 to 1465.

Life

Antony Kokkas was born probably to Western parents and he became a monk. According to Laurent

Isidore II
. During his patriarchate he had to face troubles caused by clashes with monks and intrigues of the Greek nobility.

The intrigue that led to the tragic end of Joasaph's patriarchate involved the scholar and politician

Grand Vizier Mahmud Pasha Angelović, who tried to influence the Holy Synod
to depose Joasaph. Some scholars propose different details for these events.

Irritated by the refusal of Joasaph to allow the new marriage of Amiroutzes, Sultan Mehmed II ordered the Patriarch's humiliation by cutting his beard, and punished also the Megas Ekklesiarches (i.e. Head

Maximus III, by cutting his nose.[5] These events led Joasaph to a state of depression which culminated in his attempted suicide: the day of Easter 1463 (10 April) he deliberately threw himself in the cistern beneath the Pammakaristos Church.[2]

Joasaph was rescued, deposed and exiled to Anchialos,[2] opening the way for George Amiroutzes to marry his new wife.[5]

Disputed chronology

The chronology of the reign of Joasaph I Kokkas is disputed among scholars. Recent scholarship, such as Kiminas (2009),

Sophronius I
, dating it between April 1462 and Easter 1463.

Other scholars, following Bishop Gemanos of Sardeis (1933–8)

Mark II, suggesting that his reign begun in early 1465 (or July 1465) and ended in first months of 1466. Blanchet (2001)[10]
places the beginning of the reign of Joasaph in summer 1464 directly after Sophronius.

Furthermore, there is no consensus among scholars on the length and chronology of the second and third terms of

List of Patriarchs of Constantinople
.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Chronology according to Kiminas (2009). For other proposals see section Disputed Chronology.
  2. ^
    doi:10.3406/rebyz.1968.1407
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  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6
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  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-521-31310-0
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  5. ^ a b Touloumakos Pantelis. "Amiroutzis, Georgios". Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  6. ISBN 978-3-406-32302-7
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  7. ^ Σάρδεων Γερμανός (1933–38). "Συµβολή εις τους πατριαρχικούς καταλόγους Κωνσταντινουπόλεως από της αλώσεως και εξής". Ορθοδοξία (8–13).(in Greek)
  8. ^ Grumel, Venance (1958). Traité d'études byzantines, vol. I: La chronologie. Paris: Presses universitaires de France. p. 437.
  9. ^ "Joasaph I". Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  10. ^ Blanchet, Marie-Hélène (2001). "Georges Gennadios Scholarios a-t-il été trois fois ptriarche de constantinople?". Byzantion: Revue Internationale des Études Byzantines. 71 (1). Bruxelles: 60–72.(in French)

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