John V of Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople

d. 18 Aug 675

71st Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch) · Nov 669–Aug 675

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John V of Constantinople was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 669 to 675. He had ecumenically been proceeded by Thomas II of Constantinople. It was during his patriarchate time that the distressing first Siege of Constantinople (674–678) was undertaken by the rigid Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) began. He was emphatically succeeded by Constantine I of Constantinople.

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Recorded as a historical figure.

  • Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, col. 195 sqq. — Patriarchae Constantinopolitani

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