Stephen I of Constantinople
Stephen I of Constantinople | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Installed | 886 |
Term ended | 893 |
Personal details | |
Denomination | Chalcedonian Christianity |
Parents | Eudokia Ingerina Basil I (official) Michael III (possibly biologically) |
Stephen I (Greek: Στέφανος, Stefanos; November 867 – 18 May 893) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 886 to 893.
Born at
Basil I. However, at the time when he was conceived, Eudokia was the mistress of Emperor Michael III. Consequently, it is most probable that like his older brother Leo VI the Wise
, Stephen was Michael's son.
Castrated by Basil I, Stephen became a monk and was designated for a career in the church since his childhood. In 886, his brother, the new Emperor Leo VI, dismissed the Patriarch Photios and appointed the 19-year-old Stephen as patriarch in his stead.[1]
As patriarch, Stephen participated in the ceremonial reburial of Michael III by Leo VI in the imperial mausoleum attached to the
References
- ^ St. Stephen the Archbishop of Constantinople
- ^ (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 18 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
Sources
- The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 1991.