Peter of Constantinople | |
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| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Installed | 9 June 654 |
| Term ended | 12 October 666 |
| Predecessor | Pyrrhus of Constantinople |
| Successor | Thomas II of Constantinople |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 12 October 666 |
| Denomination | Chalcedonian Christianity |
Peter of Constantinople (Greek: Πέτρος; died 12 October 666) was theEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 9 June 654 to 666. He was condemned as a heretic in theThird Council of Constantinople.[1] He was succeeded as ecumenical patriarch byThomas II of Constantinople.[2]
Peter succeeded patriarch Pyrrhus who also was aMonothelite. In correspondence withPope Vitalian of Rome following Vitalian's ascension to thesee of Rome, Peter was noncommittal concerning Monothelitism, leading to a restoration of ecclesiastical intercourse between Rome and Constantinople. This resulted the addition of Vitalian's name on the diptychs of the church in Constantinople – the only name of a pope so entered between the reign ofPope Honorius I, who died in 638, and 677 when PatriarchTheodore I of Constantinople removed the pope's name prior to the Third Council of Constantinople. At the council Peter was condemned as a heretic along with PatriarchsSergius I,Pyrrhus andPaul II all of Constantinople, PatriarchCyrus of Alexandria, andTheodore of Raithu.[citation needed]
| Titles of Chalcedonian Christianity | ||
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| Preceded by | Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 654 – 666 | Succeeded by |
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