John IX of Constantinople
John IX of Constantinople | |
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Church of Constantinople | |
In office | 24 May 1111 – April 1134 |
Predecessor | Nicholas III of Constantinople |
Successor | Leo of Constantinople |
Personal details | |
Born | ? |
Died | April 1134 |
John IX Agapetos or Hieromnemon (
Metropolitan of Chalcedon.[1]
He was a cleric from within the scholarly, philosophical branch of the Church hierarchy, and had risen through the ranks of the patriarchal clergy.Great Church to which teachers were attached.[3]
Within religious matters, he pushed the trend of making the patriarchal clergy, rather than the monastic community, the authoritative voice of
Pope Pascal II in late 1112 pressed the demand that the Patriarch of Constantinople recognise the Pope's primacy over "all the churches of God throughout the world". This was something the patriarch could not do in face of opposition from the majority of secular clergy, the monastic world, and the laity.[6]
Sources
- Ecumenical Patriarchate
- Hussey, J.M.. The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire. Oxford: University Press, 1986.
- Magdalino, Paul. The Empire of Manuel Komnenos. Cambridge: University Press, 1993.