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Isaias of Constantinople | |
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| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Isaias andTheognostus of Kiev, miniature from theIllustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible | |
| Church | Church of Constantinople |
| In office | 11 November 1323 – December 1327 24 May 1328 – 13 May 1332 |
| Predecessor | Gerasimus I of Constantinople |
| Successor | John XIV of Constantinople |
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| Died | (1332-05-13)13 May 1332 |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Isaias of Constantinople (sometimes spelledEsaias,Jeaias orJesaias;[1]Greek:Ἠσαΐας; died 13 May 1332) was theEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1323 to 1332.
The Byzantine EmperorAndronikos II Palaiologos had Isaias confined to the monastery section of theMagnaura school inConstantinople in 1327, possibly due to the Patriarch's support for the emperor's grandson,Andronikos III Palaiologos during thecivil war of 1321–1328. Upon the overthrow of Andronikos II by his grandson on 24 May 1328, a delegation was sent to the monastery to retrieve Isaias. On his way back to the palace, Isaias was escorted not by the usual ecclesiastics, but by a troupe of musicians, dancing girls and comedians, one of whom had him so helpless with laughter that he almost fell off his horse.[2]
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| Preceded by | Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1323 – 1332 | Succeeded by |
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