Isidore I of Constantinople | |
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| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Church | Church of Constantinople |
| In office | 17 May 1347 – February / March 1350 |
| Predecessor | John XIV of Constantinople |
| Successor | Callistus I of Constantinople |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Isidore Buchiras |
| Died | February or March 1350 |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Isidore I of Constantinople (Greek:Ἰσίδωρος; died February or March 1350) was theEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1347 to 1350. Isidore was a disciple ofGregory Palamas.
Isidore was an ethnic Greek born inThessaloniki during the latter part of the 1290s where he became a teacher and spiritual guide.
As a disciple ofPope Gregory I, he was drawn into the dispute between the followers of Gregory Palamas andBarlaam of Seminara overHesychasm during the middle decades of the fourteenth century.
In 1344, Isidore, who was at the time thebishop elect ofMonemvasia, and Gregory Palamas wereexcommunicated by asynod ofanti-hesychast bishops that had been convened by PatriarchJohn XIV of Constantinople who himself was an opponent of Saint Gregory.
Palamas and Isidore I recanted.[1]
In February 1347, during a synod convened by emperorJohn VI Kantakouzenos, PatriarchJohn XIV of Constantinople wasdeposed and Isidore brought back and elected to succeed John XIV as patriarch of Constantinople. Upon becoming patriarch, Isidore I released Gregory Palamas from prison andconsecrated himMetropolis of Thessaloniki.
During the two and a half years of his patriarchate, Isidore I sought to have the whole Byzantine Church accept thePalamite dogmas. He selected bishops only from the Palamite party. He instituted harsh penalties for those who refused to submit.[2][better source needed]
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| Preceded by | Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1347 – 1350 | Succeeded by |
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