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Meletius I of Constantinople

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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1597 to 1598

Meletius I of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
Installed30 March 1597
Term endedMarch 1598
PredecessorTheophanes I of Constantinople
SuccessorMatthew II of Constantinople
Other postLocum tenens (1596 – 1597) of theEcumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Personal details
BornMeletius Pigas
1549 (1549)
Died12 September 1601(1601-09-12) (aged 51–52)
Sainthood
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church

Meletius I of Constantinople (Greek:Μελέτιος Πηγᾶς; 1549 – 12 September 1601) served aspatriarch of Alexandria between 1590 and 1601. Simultaneously from 1597 to 1598 he served also aslocum tenens of theEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. He is honoured as asaint in theEastern Orthodox Church,[1] with his feast day held on13 September.[2][3]

Life

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Meletius was born in Candia (Heraklion) in the island ofCrete, at the time capital of theRepublic of VeniceKingdom of Candia in 1549,[4] and he studied classical philology, philosophy and medicine inPadua. He becameprotosyncellus of the patriarch of AlexandriaSilvester, at whose death he succeeded on 5 August 1590.[5]

Even if he supported the doctrine oftransubstantiation, he was a fierce opponent of theCatholic Church and worked for the reunion of theGreek Church with theCoptic Church. In 1593, he participated in asynod inConstantinople which confirmed the establishment of thePatriarch of Moscow and all Rus'.[1]

Without resigning as Patriarch of Alexandria, he served as locum tenens of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople between December 1596 and February 1597, and Patriarch of Constantinople from 30 March 1597 to March 1598, when he resigned to go on dealing only with his Egyptiansee.[4]

He died inAlexandria on 12 September 1601.[4]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ab"Meletios Pigas (1590–1601)". Official web site of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Retrieved7 September 2011.
  2. ^Great Synaxaristes:(in Greek)Ὁ Ἅγιος Μέλετος Πηγᾶς, 13 Σεπτεμβρίου, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  3. ^(in Greek)Άγιος Μελέτιος Πηγάς, Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής.
  4. ^abcKiminas, Demetrius (2009).The Ecumenical Patriarchate.Wildside Press. pp. 38, 46.ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
  5. ^"Μελέτιος Α´ ὁ Πηγᾶς" (in Greek). Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved7 September 2011.
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