Metrophanes III of Constantinople
Metrophanes III | |
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Aya Paraskevi | |
Died | 9 August 1580 (aged 59–60) Constantinople |
Previous post(s) | Metropolitan of Caesaria |
Metrophanes III of Byzantium (Greek: Μητροφάνης ὁ Βυζάντιος; 1520 – 9 August 1580) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople two times, from 1565 to 1572 and from 1579 to 1580.
Life
Metrophanes was born in 1520 to a
In 1546 he was appointed Metropolitan of
He was elected Patriarch the first time in January or February 1565
He was deposed on 4 May 1572 when Michael Cantacuzene transferred his support to the young and brilliant
After his attempts to return to the throne, in 1573 he was exiled to Mount Athos. Six years later, after the execution of Michael Cantacuzene and the murder of the Great Vizier Mehmed, Jeremias lost his supporters and Metrophanes was successfully restored on the throne on 25 November 1579.[6] He died a few months later, on 9 August 1580, and was buried in the Pammakaristos Church, at the time the patriarchal cathedral.
Notes
- ^ a b c "Μητροφάνης Γ´". Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 19 June 2011.(in Greek)
- ^ a b c d Moustakas Konstantinos. "Metrophanes III of Constantinople". Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- ISBN 0-521-02700-4.
- ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
- ^ An Orthodox Christian View of Non-Christian Religions by Rev. Dr. George C. Papademetriou; Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
- ISBN 2-7063-0210-0.
Sources
- Frazee, Charles A. (2006) [1983]. Catholics and Sultans: The Church and the Ottoman Empire 1453-1923. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521027007.