Photios I of Constantinople

Also known as Photios the Great, Photius, Photios, Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople, Photius I of Constantinople, Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople

9th Century Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

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Photios I was a highly influential Patriarch (religious leader) of Constantinople during the 9th century who played a major role in the intellectual and spiritual life of the Byzantine Empire. He is remembered historically for his extensive writings, his involvement in major church disputes, and his lasting impact on Orthodox Christianity and Byzantine culture.

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Born: ca. 820
Died: ca. 891.
Works: 68

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Vivliothēkē tou Phōtiou
Längst hätten wir uns bekehren müssen
Nomocanon cum commentarijs Theodori Balsamonis
Epistolē Zacharia tō katholikō tēs Megalēs Armenias ...
Photii Lexicon, e duobus apographis edidit Godofredus Hermannus

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Type: Group
Origin: Canada
Active from: 2001

Discography

Works in European collections

32 objects attributed to Photios I of Constantinople, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Bibliothēkē Tu Phōtiu : Librorum quos legit Photius, excerpta et censurae

Photii bibliotheca, sive lectorum a Photio librorum recensio, censura atque excerpta ...

Canones Sanctorum Apostolorum, Conciliorum Generalium & particularium, Sanctorum Patrum, Dionysii Alexandrini, Petri Alexandrini martyris, Tarasii Constantinopolitani, Gregorii Thaumaturgi, Athanasii, Basilii, Timothei, Theophili, Amphilochii, Gennadii, Niconis, Methodii, Theodori Studitae, Nesteutae, Damasceni, Theodoriti, Chrysostomi, Dionysii Areopagit[a]e, & aliorum veterum Theologorum

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Photios I of Constantinople (/ˈfoʊʃəs/; also spelled Photius; Greek: Φώτιος, romanized: Phōtios; c. 815 – 6 February 893) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. He is recognized in the Eastern Orthodox Church as 'Saint Photius the Great'.

Photios I is widely regarded as the most powerful and influential church leader of Constantinople subsequent to John Chrysostom's archbishopric around the turn of the fifth century. He is also viewed as the most important intellectual of his time—"the leading light of the ninth-century renaissance". He was a central figure in both the conversion of the Slavs to Christianity and the Photian schism, and is considered "[t]he great systematic compiler of the Eastern Church, who occupies a similar position to that of Gratian in the West," and whose "collection in two parts... formed and still forms the classic source of ancient Church Law for the Greek Church".