Ignatius legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople

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Ignatius, the legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople, was a 9th-century Byzantine church leader whose contested appointment and eventual vindication at the Fourth Council of Constantinople played a central role in the religious and political conflicts of his time.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine church leader
Patriarch of Constantinople
alsoKnownAs Ignatios of Constantinople
surface form: Ignatios

Ignatios of Constantinople
surface form: Ignatius of Constantinople

Patriarch Ignatius I of Constantinople
appointedAsPatriarchBy Empress Theodora
associatedCouncil Fourth Council of Constantinople
surface form: Fourth Council of Constantinople (869–870)
associatedSchism Photian Schism
authorityOver bishops of the Patriarchate of Constantinople
centuryOfActivity 9th century
conflict Photian Schism
conflictType church–state conflict in the Byzantine Empire
ecclesiastical jurisdiction dispute between Rome and Constantinople
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire
deposedBy Bardas
Byzantine Emperor Michael III
surface form: Emperor Michael III
doctrinalStance support for iconophile position
era Middle Byzantine period
givenName Ignatius of Antioch
surface form: Ignatius
historicalSignificance figure in the lead-up to the East–West tensions preceding the Great Schism
influenced development of the Photian Schism
relations between Papacy and Byzantine Church
inOfficeDuringReignOf Byzantine Emperor Basil I
surface form: Emperor Basil I

Byzantine Emperor Michael III
surface form: Emperor Michael III
jurisdiction Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Church of Constantinople
keyEvent Fourth Council of Constantinople
surface form: Fourth Council of Constantinople (869–870)
knownFor contested appointment as Patriarch of Constantinople
eventual vindication as legitimate patriarch
role in religious and political conflicts of the 9th-century Byzantine Empire
legacy symbol of canonical legitimacy against secular interference in episcopal appointments
opponent Photios I of Constantinople
surface form: Photius I of Constantinople
placeOfActivity Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
positionHeld Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
surface form: Patriarch of Constantinople
recognizedAsLegitimatePatriarchBy Fourth Council of Constantinople
surface form: Fourth Council of Constantinople (869–870)
recognizedBy Papal legates at the Fourth Council of Constantinople (869–870)
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
replacedBy Photios I of Constantinople
surface form: Photius I of Constantinople
restoredToOffice after deposition of Photius I
roleAtCouncil central figure in deliberations of Fourth Council of Constantinople (869–870)
sphereOfInfluence imperial court of Constantinople
surface form: Byzantine imperial court

Byzantine monastic communities
supportedBy Empress Theodora
Pope Nicholas I
monastic party in Constantinople
title Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

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Fourth Council of Constantinople declared Ignatius legitimate Patriarch of Constantinople