Pachomius I of Constantinople
Pachomius I | |
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Theoleptus I | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | 1513 |
| Previous post(s) | Metropolitan of Zichna |
Pachomius I (Greek: Παχώμιος; died 1513) was 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
Joachim died shortly later during a travel in Wallachia and so in autumn 1504 Pachomius, always supported by the rulers of Wallachia, returned to the throne.[2] The second reign of Pachomius lasted about nine years, a long period in comparison with the reigns of the patriarchs in the 15th century.
The main issue during Pachomius' patriarchate was the case of the
During the last year of his patriarchate, Pachomius visited Wallachia and Moldavia. On the way back, already in Selymbria, Pachomius was poisoned[6] by Theodolus, a monk at his service.[7] Pachomius died immediately, in early 1513.[1]
Notes
- ^ 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. Vol. 13. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. 676.(in French)
- ISBN 0-8020-2607-9.
- ISBN 978-88-16-37013-5.(in Italian)
- ^ "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. Bonn. pp. 139–150.(in Latin)
External links
- Historia politica et patriarchica Constantinopoleos, Cap XV: P. Pachomius, (trans. Martin Crusius, 1584) Primary source. (in Greek and Latin)
