Focije I

Focije I(grčkiΦώτιος,Phōtios;o. 810 – o. 893) bio jepatrijarh Konstantinopoljadvaput (858 – 867. i 877 – 886) te je poznat i kaosveti FocijeiliFocije Veliki(uPravoslavnim crkvama). Smatra ga se najuticajnijim patrijarhom Konstantinopolja nakon svetogIvana Zlatoustog,kao i jednim od najuticajnijih intelektualaca 9. vijeka. Njegov otac Sergije^[1]je bio poznat po tome šta je volio ikone, zbog čega je cijela porodica patila tokom razdobljabizantijskogikonoklazma.^[2]Focije je možda bio armenskog porijekla, a njegov brat Sergije je oženio Irenu, sestru cariceTeodore,koja je bilade factovladarica Carstva. Focijev slavni rođak je bio patrijarhTarasije.^[3]

Djela

Bibliotheca(Myriobiblos)
Lexicon
Amphilochia

Reference

^White, Despina Stratoudaki. "The Life of Patriarch Photios".Patriarch Photios of Constantinople, His Life, Scholarly Contributions, and Correspondence, Together with a Translation of Fifty-two of His Letters.ISBN 978-0-91658626-3.
^Tougher, Shaun (1997).The Reign of Leo VI (886–912): Politics and People.ISBN 978-90-04-10811-0.
^Photius the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople.„He was the son of pious parents, Sergius and Irene, who suffered for the Faith under the Iconoclast Emperor Theophilus; he was also a nephew of Saint Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (see Feb. 25).”

Focije I
Prethodnik: Ignacije Carigradski	Patrijarh Konstantinopolja	Nasljednik: Stjepan I Carigradski

[1] White, Despina Stratoudaki. "The Life of Patriarch Photios".Patriarch Photios of Constantinople, His Life, Scholarly Contributions, and Correspondence, Together with a Translation of Fifty-two of His Letters.ISBN 978-0-91658626-3.

[2] Tougher, Shaun (1997).The Reign of Leo VI (886–912): Politics and People.ISBN 978-90-04-10811-0.

[3] Photius the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople.„He was the son of pious parents, Sergius and Irene, who suffered for the Faith under the Iconoclast Emperor Theophilus; he was also a nephew of Saint Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (see Feb. 25).”

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