Symeon I of Constantinople
Symeon I of Constantinople | |
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Nephon II | |
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Died | autumn 1486 |
Symeon I of Trebizond (Greek: Συμεὼν ὁ Τραπεζούντιος; died autumn 1486) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople three times: for a short time in 1466,[1] from 1471 to 1475 and from 1482 to 1486. In 1484 he presided over the Synod of Constantinople of 1484 which repudiated the Union of Florence.
Life
Symeon was born between 1400 and 1420 to a
In autumn 1466 Symeon successfully obtained the throne after he presented the Ottoman government with 2000 pieces of gold, thus beginning a
The reign of Dionysius was marked by the opposition to him by both of the other factions, including Symeon's. He was finally deposed at the end of 1471 after false accusations that he had converted to Islam and had been
Maximus III died on 3 April 1482 and Symeon returned on the throne for the third time until autumn 1486, when he was succeeded by
Disputed chronology
There is no consensus among scholars concerning the chronology of the first reign of Symeon. Many scholars, such as Kiminas (2009),
Laurent (1968),
Notes
- ^ a b c d Chronology according to Kiminas (2009). For other proposals see section Disputed Chronology.
- ^ a b c Moustakas Konstantinos. "Symeon I of Constantinople". Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ .(in French)
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-31310-0.
- ISBN 978-1-4094-1064-5.
- ISBN 978-0-691-01078-6.
- ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
- ^ Grumel, Venance (1958). Traité d'études byzantines, vol. I: La chronologie. Paris: Presses universitaires de France. p. 437.(in French)
- ^ Σάρδεων Γερμανός (1933–38). "Συµβολή εις τους πατριαρχικούς καταλόγους Κωνσταντινουπόλεως από της αλώσεως και εξής". Ορθοδοξία (8–13).(in Greek)
- ^ "Symeon I". Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ISBN 978-3-406-32302-7.(in German)
Sources
- Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC. ISBN 9781434458766.
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- ISBN 9780521313100.