Maximus IV of Constantinople
Maximus IV | |
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Nephon II | |
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| Previous post(s) | Metropolitan of Serres |
Maximus IV (Greek: Μάξιμος), previously known as Manasses (Μανασσῆς), was an Orthodox Christian monk and bishop. He was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1491 to 1497.
Life
He was
Patriarch Symeon I of Constantinople as Metropolitan bishop of Serres, which he governed under the religious name
of Manasses.
In the first months of 1491, he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople with the support of the monks of Mount Athos.Venetian Republic.[3]
During his reign arose some pieces of gossip about him, not specified by the sources, which led to his deposition in early 1497.[4]
After his resignation, he remained actively involved with ecclesiastic issues, even plotting against his successor
Nephon II, until he was forced to retire in the Vatopedi monastery, where he died at an unknown date.[5]
Notes
- ISBN 978-0-521-31310-0.
- ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
- ISBN 978-0-19-925246-6.
- ^ B.G.Niebuhr, I.Bekker, ed. (1849) [1584]. "Historia Politica et Patriarchica Constantinopoleos". Corpus scriptorum historiae byzantinae, Volume 49. Bonn. pp. 133–4.(in Latin)
- ^ "Maximos IV". Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
External links
- Historia politica et patriarchica Constantinopoleos, Cap XII: P. Maximus, (trans. Martin Crusius, 1584) Primary source. (in Greek and Latin)
