Paisius I of Constantinople
Appearance
Paisius I of Constantinople | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Church | Church of Constantinople |
In office | 1 August 1652 – April 1653 March 1654 – March 1655 |
Predecessor | Athanasius III of Constantinople,Cyril III of Constantinople |
Successor | Joannicius II of Constantinople |
Personal details | |
Born | unknown |
Died | c. 1688 |
Paisius I(Greek:Παΐσιος;died c. 1688) was a two-timeEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople(August 1, 1652 – April 1653, March 1654 – March 1655). He was previouslyBishop of EphesusandLarissa.[1]
Life
[edit]Paisius was born at theturn ofthe seventeenth century but the exact date of his birth is not known. He was from the Greek island ofLesbos.In a time of great turbulence, he was not particularly distinguished. After his second deposition, he established residence on the island ofHalki,having receivedeis zoarkeian(that is, without pastoral obligations) theMetropolis of EphesusandCyzicus.The date and place of his death is not known, but he likely died at Halki in the late seventeenth century.
References
[edit]- ^Dates selonVenance Grumel,Traité d'études byzantines,« I. La Chronologie »,Presses universitaires de France,Paris, 1958, p. 438.
Sources
[edit]- This article incorporates text fromPaisius I of ConstantinopleatOrthodoxWikiwhich is licensed under theCC-BY-SAandGFDL.
Bibliography
[edit]- Venance Grumel,Traité d'études byzantines,« I. La Chronologie »,Presses universitaires de France,Paris, 1958.