Movatterモバイル変換

Kyros of Constantinople

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 705 to 711

Saint Kyros of Constantinople
The Borradaile Triptych, ivory, Constantinople,c. 900–1000 AD (bequeathed by C. Borradaile).[1]
Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church Catholic Church
Feast	8 January (Eastern Orthodox Church) 7 January (Catholic Church)

Saint Kyros of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Installed	September 705
Term ended	December 711
Predecessor	Callinicus I of Constantinople
Successor	John VI of Constantinople
Personal details
Died	8 January 712
Denomination	Chalcedonian Christianity

Kyros of Constantinople (Ancient Greek:Κῦρος; died 8 January 712) was theEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 705 to 711. He is regarded as asaint in theEastern Orthodox Church andCatholic Church, which had set his feast for 7 January in Catholic Church and 8 January (21) in Orthodox Church. Kyros was placed on the patriarchal throne in 705 by EmperorJustinian II, as a replacement for the deposed PatriarchCallinicus I of Constantinople. Soon after Justinian II's decline and eventual fall in December 711, Kyros was replaced by the new EmperorPhilippicus with PatriarchJohn VI of Constantinople, who shared Philippicus'Monothelite sympathies.

Notes and references

[edit]

^Motives: Central panel carved with the Crucifixion, the Virgin and St John, and above, the half-length figures of the archangels Michael and Gabriel; on the left leaf, from top to bottom: St Kyros; St George and StTheodore Stratelates; St Menas and St Prokopios; on the right leaf: St John; St Eustathius and StClement of Ancyra; St Stephen and St Kyrion. On the reverse are two inscribed crosses and roundels containing busts of Sts Joachim and Anna in the centres, with Sts Basil and Barbara, and John the Persian and Thekla at the terminals.

Bibliography

[edit]

Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium,Oxford University Press, 1991.

External links

[edit]

Santiebeati: Kyros of Constantinople

Titles of Chalcedonian Christianity
Preceded by Callinicus I	Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 706 – 711	Succeeded by John VI

v t e Bishops of Byzantium and Patriarchs ofConstantinople
Bishops ofByzantium (Roman period, 38–330 AD)	Andrew Stachys Onesimus Polycarpus I Plutarch Sedecion Diogenes Eleutherius Felix Polycarpus II Athenodorus Euzois Laurence Alypius Pertinax Olympianus Marcus I Philadelphus Cyriacus I Castinus Eugenius I Titus Dometius Rufinus Probus Metrophanes Alexander
Archbishops ofConstantinople (Roman period, 330–451 AD)	Alexander Paul I Eusebius Macedonius I Eudoxius Evagrius Demophilus Maximus I Gregory I Nectarius John I Chrysostom Arsacius Atticus Sisinnius I Nestorius Maximianus Proclus Flavian Anatolius
Patriarchs of Constantinople (Byzantine period, 451–1453 AD)	Anatolius Gennadius I Acacius Fravitta Euphemius Macedonius II Timothy I John II Epiphanius Anthimus I Menas Eutychius John III John IV Cyriacus II Thomas I Sergius I Pyrrhus Paul II Peter Thomas II John V Constantine I Theodore I George I Paul III Callinicus I Cyrus John VI Germanus I Anastasius Constantine II Nicetas I Paul IV Tarasius Nicephorus I Theodotus I Antony I John VII Methodius I Ignatios Photios I Stephen I Antony II Nicholas I Εuthymius I Stephen II Tryphon Theophylact Polyeuctus Βasil I Αntony III Nicholas II Sisinnius II Sergius II Eustathius Alexius Michael I Constantine III John VIII Cosmas I Eustratius Nicholas III John IX Leo Michael II Cosmas II Nicholas IV Theodotus II Neophytus I Constantine IV Luke Michael III Chariton Theodosius I Basil II Nicetas II Leontius Dositheus George II John X Michael IV^† Theodore II^† Maximus II^† Μanuel I^† Germanus II^† Methodius II^† Manuel II^† Arsenius^† Nicephorus II^† Germanus III Joseph I John XI Gregory II Athanasius I John XII Nephon I John XIII Gerasimus I Isaias John XIV Isidore I Callistus I Philotheus Macarius Nilus Antony IV Callistus II Matthew I Euthymius II Joseph II Metrophanes II Gregory III Athanasius II
Patriarchs of Constantinople (Ottoman period, 1453–1923 AD)	Gennadius II Isidore II Joasaph I Sophronius I Mark II Symeon I Dionysius I Raphael I Maximus III Nephon II Maximus IV Joachim I Pachomius I Theoleptus I Jeremias I Joannicius I Dionysius II Joasaph II Metrophanes III Jeremias II Pachomius II Theoleptus II Matthew II Gabriel I Theophanes I Meletius I Neophytus II Raphael II Cyril I Timothy II Gregory IV Anthimus II Cyril II Athanasius III Neophytus III Parthenius I Parthenius II Joannicius II Cyril III Paisius I Parthenius III Gabriel II Parthenius IV Dionysius III Clement Methodius III Dionysius IV Gerasimus II Athanasius IV James Callinicus II Neophytus IV Gabriel III Neophytus V Cyprianus Athanasius V Cyril IV Cosmas III Jeremias III (Callinicus III) Paisius II Seraphim I Neophytus VI Cyril V Callinicus IV (III) Seraphim II Joannicius III Samuel Meletius II Theodosius II Sophronius II Gabriel IV Procopius Neophytus VII Gerasimus III Gregory V Callinicus V (IV) Jeremias IV Cyril VI Eugenius II Anthimus III Chrysanthus Agathangelus Constantius I Constantius II Gregory VI Anthimus IV Anthimus V Germanus IV Meletius III Anthimus VI Cyril VII Joachim II Sophronius III Joachim III Joachim IV Dionysius V Neophytus VIII Anthimus VII Constantine V Germanus V Meletius IV
Patriarchs of Constantinople (Turkish period, since 1923 AD)	Gregory VII Constantine VI Basil III Photius II Benjamin Maximus V Athenagoras Demetrius Bartholomew
^† in exile atNicaea Christianity portal