Ignatius of Constantinople
9th century Patriarch of Constantinople
b. c. 797 · d. 23 Oct 877
91st Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch) · 847–858 · Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch) · 867–877
Offices
- Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch) № 91 · 847 – 858
- Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch) 867 – 877
Ignatius of Constantinople was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 847 to 858 and from 867 to 877. Ignatius lived during a complex time for the Byzantine Empire. The Iconoclast Controversy was ongoing, Boris I of Bulgaria converted to Christianity in 864, and the Roman pontiffs repeatedly challenged the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Eastern Church in Bulgaria. As patriarch, Ignatius denounced iconoclasm, secured jurisdiction over Bulgaria for the Eastern Church, and played an important role in conflicts over papal supremacy.
Related people
- Prokopia child of · traditional
- Michael I Rangabe child of · traditional
- Theophylact sibling of · traditional
- Methodios I of Constantinople succeeded · traditional
- Photios I of Constantinople succeeded · traditional
- Saint Paul of Xeropotamou sibling of · traditional
- Photios I of Constantinople preceded · traditional
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Constantinople death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire 3 claims — Council of Constantinople (861); Photian Schism; Fourth Council of Constantinople (Ignatian)
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 2 claims — Oriens Christianus I, col. 195 sqq. — Patriarchae Constantinopolitani