This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Manuel I of Constantinople" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Manuel I of Constantinople | |
|---|---|
| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Church | Church of Constantinople |
| In office | May 1217 – May/June 1222 |
| Predecessor | Maximus II of Constantinople |
| Successor | Germanus II of Constantinople |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Manuel Sarantenos or Karantenos or Charitopoulos |
| Died | May or June 1222 |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Manuel I Sarantenos orKarantenos orCharitopoulos (Greek:Μανουὴλ Σαραντηνός/Καραντηνός or Χαριτόπουλος; died May or June 1222) was thePatriarch of Constantinople from May 1217 to May/June 1222.
He seems to have been called "the Philosopher",George Akropolites says he was "a philosopher, it seems, in deed, and so named by the people". Manuel I was Patriarch-in-exile as at the time his titular seat was occupied by theLatin Patriarchate of Constantinople, and he lived inNicaea. Before thesack of 1204, Manuel was adeacon andhypatos ton philosophon in Constantinople. This is likely the source of his epithet "the Philosopher".[1]
Under Manuel I,Saint Sava had become an archbishop and an autocephalousSerbian Orthodox Church was formed in the territory of the Serbian Kingdom ofStefan the First-Crowned.
Manuel I is noted for his role in a diplomatic interplay between theNicaean emperorTheodore I Laskaris andRobert I, Latin Emperor, in 1222. Robert I had approached Theodore I for a peace treaty and the latter offered his daughter Eudokia in marriage to cement the deal. But Theodore I had marriedMaria of Courtenay, Robert I's sister, in 1217. Manuel I is thus reported byGeorge Akropolites to have blocked the betrothal, twice negotiated, on religious-legal grounds: Robert, Theodore's brother-in-law, could not also become his son-in-law as this was an "illegal union" and constitutedincest as it was within the third degree of kinship.[2]
| Eastern Orthodox Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople In exile atNicaea 1217 – 1222 | Succeeded by |
This article about anEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it. |