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Photios I of Constantinople

9th Century Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

14 dated entries naming Photios I of Constantinople, drawn from 13 separate years between 810 CE and 901 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople, Photius I of Constantinople, Photius the Great in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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9th century

  • 810Photius I, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date)source
  • 858October 23 – Ignatios I, patriarch of Constantinople, is imprisoned by orders of Emperor Michael III, and replaced by the layman Photius I.source
  • 860June 18 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about 200 Rus' vessels sails into the Bosphorus, and starts pillaging the suburbs of Constantinople. The raiders set homes on fire, and drown and kill the citizens. Unable to do anything to repel the invaders, Patriarch Photios I urges his flock to implore the Theotokos to save the Byzantine capital. Having devastated the suburbs, the Rus' Vikings pass into the Sea of Marmara and attack the Isles of the Princes, plundering the local monasteries.source
  • 861Spring – The Council of Constantinople, attended by 318 fathers and presided over by papal legates, confirms Photius the Great as patriarch, and passes 17 canons.source
  • 863Nicholas I excommunicates Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople.source
  • 867The Council of Constantinople is held (presided over by Patriarch Photius), which anathematizes the use of the Filioque clause in the Creed, and also Pope Nicholas I, for his attacks on the work of Greek missionaries in Bulgaria.source
  • 867September – Photius I ("the Great"), patriarch of Constantinople, is removed from office and banished. Ignatius is reinstated as patriarch by Basil I.source
  • 869October 5 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople, called by Basil I and Pope Adrian II, opens. The council will condemn Photius I and depose him as patriarch, reinstating his predecessor Ignatios.source
  • 877October 23 – Photius I is reinstated as patriarch of Constantinople, after the death of Ignatius.source
  • 879Fourth Council of Constantinople: Emperor Basil I calls for a synod, and reinstates Photius I as patriarch of Constantinople.source
  • 880May 1 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, by Patriarch Photius I, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.source
  • 886December – Emperor Leo VI dismisses Patriarch Photius I, who has been his tutor, and replaces him with his own brother Stephen I.source
  • 893Photius I, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date)source

10th century

  • 901March 1 – Nicholas Mystikos, a layman close to Photios, becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.source

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