Methodios I of Constantinople
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Saint Methodius I | |
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Roman Catholic Church | |
Feast | June 14 |
Saint Methodios I of Constantinople | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Installed | 843 |
Term ended | 847 |
Predecessor | John VII |
Successor | St Ignatius |
Personal details | |
Denomination | Chalcedonian Christianity |
Methodios I or Methodius I (
.Life
Born to wealthy parents, Methodios was sent as a young man to Constantinople to continue his education and hopefully attain an appointment at court. But instead he entered a monastery in Bithynia, eventually becoming abbot.[citation needed]
Under Emperor
Soon after the death of the emperor, in 843, the influential minister
Throughout his short patriarchate, Methodios tried to pursue a moderate line of accommodation with members of the clergy who were formerly Iconoclasts. This policy was opposed by extremists, primarily the monks of the
Methodios was indeed well-educated; engaged in both copying and writing of manuscripts. His individual works included polemica, hagiographical and liturgical works, sermons and poetry.[citation needed]
See also
References
- The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Methodius I article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1910)
- St Methodius the Patriarch of Constantinople Orthodox Synaxarion