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    Polyeuctus of Constantinople (Greek: Πολύευκτος; died 5 February 970) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (956–970). His orthodox feast is on 5...
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    moved by the zeal of his friend Saint Nearchus, Polyeuctus had openly converted to Christianity. "Enflamed with zeal, St Polyeuctus went to the city square...
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  • (died 970), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Polyeuctus of Melitene (died 259), ancient Roman saint Polyeuctus of Sphettus (died after 324), Athenian...
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  • The following is a chronological list of bishops and ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople. The historical data on the first 25 bishops is limited with...
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    956) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 2 February 933 to his death in 956. Theophylact was the youngest son of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos...
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    church in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) built by the noblewoman Anicia Juliana and dedicated to Saint Polyeuctus. Intended as an assertion of Juliana's...
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    Constantinople (see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman empires...
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    Anicia Juliana (category Year of death uncertain)
    Areobindus, patron of the great Church of St Polyeuctus in Constantinople, and owner of the Vienna Dioscurides. She was the daughter of the Roman emperor...
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    Constantine Porphyrogenitus (c. 956–970) by Saint Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople (956–970). Eliseus is also commemorated on July 20 with Aaron...
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    Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople (956–70). 10 September - Feast of Apostles of the Seventy: Nathaniel (Nathanael), Luke the Evangelist, Clement of Sardice...
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  • Basil I of Constantinople, surnamed Scamandrenus or Skamandrenos (Greek: Βασίλειος Σκαμανδρηνός; died March 974), from the Skamandros Monastery, which...
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  • Acacius of Constantinople (Greek: Ἀκάκιος; died 26 November 489) served as the patriarch of Constantinople from 472 to 489. He was practically the first...
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  • bishopric of Otranto into a metropolitan see, and to ensure that services were no longer said in Latin, but in Greek only. Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople...
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    2024. "St. Polyeuctus, patriarch of Constantinople (970)". www.holytrinityorthodox.com. Retrieved September 24, 2024. "Martyr Polyeuktos of Melitene in...
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    after the death of her husband, visited Constantinople. She expressed her desire to be baptized, which was done by Patriarch Polyeuctus (Constantine VII...
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    booty of the first Venetian–Genoese war (1256–1270) but actually spoils of the Fourth Crusade, taken from the Church of St Polyeuctus in Constantinople. Between...
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  • Patriarch of Constantinople (as Eustratius II) between 8 May 1081 and July 1084. A monk, he was elevated to the patriarchal throne through the influence of the...
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    871) 970 – Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch (born 956) 1263 – Shinran Shonin, Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land...
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  • C Chora Church Church of St. Mary of Blachernae (Istanbul) Church of St. Mary of the Mongols Church of St. Polyeuctus Cistern of Philoxenos D E Eski Imaret...
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  • The 1906 building of Temple Israel in Boston was intended to be a replica of the Temple. The Church of St. Polyeuctus in Constantinople was built with the...
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    fallen into disgrace. Eudocia also built the original Church of St. Polyeuctus in Constantinople, which her great-granddaughter Anicia Juliana greatly expanded...
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    Capital (architecture) (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024)
    6th-century Church of St Polyeuctus in Constantinople Byzantine Ionic capital from Dyrrachium (Durrës) in the National Museum of Medieval Art (Korçë...
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    Theodosius of Skopelos in Cilicia (c. 421) Saint Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (970) Venerable Sabbas the New of Sicily, Abbot...
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    Tursi (category Municipalities of the Province of Matera)
    time Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople received from Emperor Nikephoros Phokas the authorization to erect the metropolitan see of Otranto, giving...
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    Theophano (born Anastaso) (category Mistresses of Byzantine royalty)
    arch-conservative Patriarch Polyeuctus felt towards the young upstart empress. Both Theophano and Nikephoros had previously been bereaved of a spouse, and the Orthodox...
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    Bacchus's construction, the Sasanian-influenced Church of St Polyeuctus - the largest church in Constantinople until Hagia Sophia's construction - was likely...
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  • Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople Patriarch Pyrrhus of Constantinople Patriarch Raphael I of Constantinople Patriarch Raphael II of Constantinople Patriarch...
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    of Constantinople (Greek: Κύριλλος), lay name Konstantinos Serpentzoglou (Κωνσταντῖνος Σερπεντζόγλου), was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople...
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  • Eudoxius of Antioch (Greek: Εὐδόξιος; died 370) was the fifth archibishop of Constantinople from 27 January 360 to early 370, previously bishop of Germanicia...
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    Church of St. Polyeuctus in Constantinople (524–527) may have been built as a large and lavish domed basilica similar to the Meriamlik church of fifty...
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