John IV of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople
b. 6th century · d. 2 Sep 595
62nd Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)
Offices
John IV of Constantinople, also known as John Nesteutes, was patriarch of Constantinople. He was the first to assume the title Ecumenical Patriarch. He is regarded as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church which holds a feast on 2 September.
Related people
- Cyriacus II of Constantinople preceded · inferred
Commemorated
Places
- Constantinople birth
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, col. 195 sqq. — Patriarchae Constantinopolitani