Michael I Cerularius
Ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople
b. 1005 · d. 21 Jan 1059
111th Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch) · 1043–1059
Offices
- Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch) № 111 · 1043 – 1059
Michael I of Constantinople was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1043 to 1059. His disputes with Pope Leo IX over church practices in the 11th century played a role in the events that led to the Great Schism in 1054.
Related people
- Alexius of Constantinople succeeded · traditional
- Constantine Leichoudes preceded · inferred
Events
- The Great Schism 1054
Places
- Constantinople residence
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- East and West: The Making of a Rift in the Church 1 claim — The Great Schism
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, col. 195 sqq. — Patriarchae Constantinopolitani
Documents
- Synodal edict of Michael Cerularius author
- Bull of excommunication recipient
What he held
- Unleavened bread in the eucharist The eucharist is to be celebrated with unleavened bread.
In the disputes
- The Great Schism The quarrel of 1053–54 was about unleavened bread and the creed, argued by legates whose commission had lapsed with the pope who sent them.