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    De la Conquête de Constantinople (On the Conquest of Constantinople) is the oldest surviving example of French historical prose and one of the most important...
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    The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Greek: Οἰκουμενικὸν Πατριαρχεῖον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, romanized: Oikoumenikón Patriarkhíon Konstantinoupóleos...
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    Joseph I Galesiotes (Greek: Ἰωσὴφ Γαλησιώτης; died 23 March 1283) was a Byzantine monk who served twice as Patriarch of Constantinople, from 1266 to 1275...
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  • This is a list of the Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople. 1. St. Andrew the Apostle (38 AD), founder 2. St. Stachys the Apostle (38–54 AD) 3. St....
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    called the Voyage de Charlemagne à Jérusalem et à Constantinople (Charlemagne's Voyage to Jerusalem and Constantinople). The Trésor de la langue française...
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    also spelled Photius (/ˈfoʊʃəs/), was the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. He is recognized in the Eastern...
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    Georgios Angelopoulos (Γεώργιος Αγγελόπουλος), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1797 to 1798, from 1806 to 1808, and from 1818 to 1821. He was...
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    The Great Powers ratified the terms of the Constantinople Arrangement in connection with the border between Greece and the Ottoman Empire in the London...
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    The First Council of Constantinople (Latin: Concilium Constantinopolitanum; Greek: Σύνοδος τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως) was a council of Christian bishops convened...
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  • The most notable names besides the modern Turkish name are Byzantium, Constantinople, and Stamboul. Different names are associated with different phases...
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    occupation of Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul'un işgali) or occupation of Constantinople (12 November 1918 – 4 October 1923), the capital of the Ottoman Empire...
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    of André Chénier, Joseph Chénier was born at Constantinople, but brought up at Carcassonne. He was educated in Paris at the Collège de Navarre. Entering...
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    Greek Patriarch of Alexandria as Cyril III and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Cyril I. He has been said to have attempted a reform of the Eastern...
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    Fall of Constantinople, Gennadius became the first Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople under Ottoman rule. Just before the fall of Constantinople, and...
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    Relation véritable de ce qui s'est passé à Constantinople Ambassade du Comte de Guilleragues et de M. de Girardin auprès du grand Seigneur Franco-Ottoman...
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    legend, and John Chrysostom, the Patriarch of Constantinople from 397 to 403, was the first to write that Joseph was one of the Seventy Apostles appointed...
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  • Jonathan Harris, ‘The Patriarch of Constantinople and the last days of Byzantium’, in The Patriarchate of Constantinople in Context and Comparison, ed. Christian...
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    of Constantinople ordered the closure of all Latin churches in Constantinople. In 1054, the papal legate sent by Leo IX travelled to Constantinople in...
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    Νικαίας, romanized: Sýmvolon tis Nikéas), also called the Creed of Constantinople, is the defining statement of belief of Nicene or mainstream Christianity...
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    (Ancient Greek: Νέα Ῥώμη Nea Rhomē; Latin: Nova Roma) and then finally as Constantinople (Constantinopolis) after himself. In 1930, the city's name was officially...
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  • the Emperor John VIII in May 1440 as successor to Patriarch Joseph II of Constantinople following the death of the latter in Florence. The Emperor was...
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    Beccus; Greek: Ἰωάννης Βέκκος; c. 1225 – March 1297) was Patriarch of Constantinople from June 2, 1275, to December 26, 1282, and the chief Greek advocate...
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    Istanbul, Turkey, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople) by the Golden Horn. It was known as the region of Pera (Πέρα, meaning...
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    Rome" (Rome, within the Western Roman Empire) and the "second Rome" (Constantinople, within the Eastern Roman Empire). "Moscow, Third Rome" is a theological...
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    long before the Fourth Crusade. There were Italian trading colonies in Constantinople and Italian pirates frequently attacked settlements in the Aegean in...
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  • Guillaume-Joseph Grelot (1680). "Relation nouvelle d'un voyage de Constantinople : enrichie de plans levez par l'auteur sur les lieux, & des figures de tout...
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    Enlightenment. To an extent, Joseph II's enlightenment beliefs were exaggerated by the author of what Beales called the "false Constantinople letters". Long considered...
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  • Annexation of the Metropolis of Kyiv by the Moscow Patriarchate (category Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople)
    of Constantinople to transfer the governance of the metropolis to Moscow's canonical jurisdiction in 1686. It is a matter of dispute whether this de facto...
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    spending three years from 1752 in France, Joseph-Gaspard returned to Martinique and married Rose-Claire des Vergers de Sannois (1735–1807), whose maternal grandfather...
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    romanized: Sofronios; 1798 – 3 September 1899) served as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1863 to 1866. He was elected Greek Patriarch of Alexandria on 30...
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