Metropolis of Patras
Metropolis of Patras Μητρόπολη Πατρών | |
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St Andrew's Cathedral, Patras | |
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The Metropolis of Patras (
History
The see of Patras was founded, according to tradition, by
Until 733, Patras was subordinated to the
Patras was later raised to an
A celebrated
From 1180 until 1833, the see was officially termed "Metropolis of Old Patras" (Μητρόπολις Παλαιών Πατρών), to distinguish it from "New Patras", modern
Latin see
In 1205,
In 1276, the archbishops acquired control over the barony of Patras, which henceforth became practically independent from the rest of the Principality. The Latin archbishops held the barony 1408, when they sold it to Venice. In 1429 it again fell into the power of the Greeks of the Despotate of the Morea, who restored the Orthodox see. Patras was taken by the Ottoman Turks in 1460.
The list of its Latin archbishops has been compiled by Le Quien,[6] Heinrich Gelzer,[7] Jules Pargoire.[8] When Patras ceased to have residential Latin bishops, Latin titular bishops continued to be appointed. This practice ceased after the Second Vatican Council and no further appointments to the titular see have been made since the death in 1971 of the last bishop to hold the title.
In 1640, the
Notes
- ^ Holy Metropolis of Patras, i-m-patron.gr. Accessed 31 March 2024. (in Greek)
- ^ Gelzer, "Ungedruckte ... Texte der Notitiæ episcopatuum", p. 557.
- ^ Gelzer, "Georgii Cyprii Descriptio orbis Romani", p. 77.
- ^ Gelzer, "Georgii Cyprii Descriptio orbis Romani", p. 634.
- ^ Patrologia Graeca CXI, p. 451.
- OCLC 955922747.
- ^ In Gerland, "Neue Quellen zur Geschichte des lateinischen Erzbistums Patras", Leipzig, 1903), 247-55.
- ^ In Échos d'Orient, VII, 103-07.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Patras". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
