Photius

[ foh-shee-uhs ]

noun

1. a.d. c820–891, patriarch of Constantinople 858–867, 877–882.

Example Sentences

This inflamed east-west relations so much that in 867 AD, Patriarch Photius of Constantinople called the pope who approved it a "heretic who ravages the vineyard of the Lord".

From The Guardian

After several articles and brochures on Hippolytus and the question of the authorship of the Philosophumena, he turned to the study of Photius, patriarch of Constantinople, and the history of the Greek schism.

From Project Gutenberg

Agapius, according to Photius, maintained that this divine tree, in Paradise, was Christ himself.

From Project Gutenberg

Both it and the original work are lost, with the exception of the excerpts in Photius and Suidas.

From Project Gutenberg

He refrained, for instance, from displeasing Basilius, when this emperor, having been reconciled to Photius, wished to replace this prelate in the patriarchal chair of Constantinople, which the death of Ignatius had left vacant.

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