Methodios I of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople
b. 788 · d. 14 Jun 847
90th Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)
Offices
Methodius I of Constantinople or Methodios I was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 11 March 843 until his death on 14 June 847. He is best known for restoring the veneration of icons in the Byzantine Church in 843, marking the end of the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm. He is venerated as a saint in both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, and his feast day is celebrated on 14 June.
Related people
- John VII of Constantinople succeeded · inferred
- Ignatius of Constantinople preceded · traditional
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Syracuse birth
- Constantinople death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire 1 claim — Triumph of Orthodoxy
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, col. 195 sqq. — Patriarchae Constantinopolitani