Pachomius I of Constantinople
Pachomius I of Constantinople | |
|---|---|
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Church | Church of Constantinople |
| In office | Early 1503 – early 1504 Autumn 1504 – early 1513 |
| Predecessor | Nephon II of Constantinople Joachim I of Constantinople |
| Successor | Joachim I of Constantinople Theoleptus I of Constantinople |
| Previous post(s) | Metropolitan of Zichna |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1513 |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Pachomius I of Constantinople (
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1503 to 1513, except for a short period in 1504.[1]
Life
Before his election as Patriarch of Constantinople, Pachomius was Metropolitan of
Sultan.[3]
Joachim I died shortly later during a travel in Wallachia and so in autumn 1504 Pachomius I, always supported by the rulers of Wallachia, returned to the throne.[2] The second reign of Pachomius I lasted about nine years, a long period in comparison with the reigns of the patriarchs in the 15th century.
The main issue during Pachomius I's patriarchate was the case of the
During the last year of his patriarchate, Pachomius I visited Wallachia and Moldavia. On the way back, already in Selymbria, Pachomius I was poisoned[6] by Theodolus, a monk at his service.[7] Pachomius I died immediately, in early 1513.[1]
Notes and references
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-31310-0.
- ^ a b R. Janin (1956). "Costantinople, Patriarcat grec". Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques (in French). Vol. 13. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. 676.
- ISBN 0-8020-2607-9.
- ISBN 978-88-16-37013-5.
- ^ "Pachomios I". Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ B. G. Niebuhr, I. Bekker, ed. (1849) [1584]. "Historia Politica et Patriarchica Constantinopoleos". Corpus scriptorum historiae byzantinae, Volume 49 (in Latin). Bonn. pp. 139–150.
External links
- Historia politica et patriarchica Constantinopoleos, Cap XV: Patriarch Pachomius, (trans. Martin Crusius, 1584) Primary source. (in Greek and Latin)
