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Photius

Born

Constantinople, Turkey

Died

January 21, 0893

Genre

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality

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Photios I (/ˈfoʊʃəs/; Greek: Φώτιος, Phōtios; c. 810 – c. 893a[›]), also spelled Photius or Fotios, was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. He is recognized in the Eastern Orthodox churches as St. Photios the Great.

Photios is widely regarded as the most powerful and influential Patriarch of Constantinople since John Chrysostom, and as the most important intellectual of his time, "the leading light of the ninth-century renaissance". He was a central figure in both the conversion of the Slavs to Christianity and the Photian schism.

Photios was a well-educated man from a noble Constantinopolitan family. Photius's great uncle was the previous Patriarch of Constantinople, Tarasius. He intended to be a m ...more

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Average rating: 4.12 · 110 ratings · 15 reviews · 125 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mystagogy of the Holy Spirit by Photius, Joseph P. Farrell (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Biblioteca by Photius, N.G. Wilson (Editor, Introduction), Claudio Bevegni (Translator), Alessandra Burani (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 893 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Patriarch and the Prince: The Letter of Patriarch Photios on Constantinople to Khan Boris of Bulgaria (Archbishop Iakovos Library of Ecclesiastical ... Sources) by Photius, Despina Stratoudaki White, Boris 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Library of Photius, Vol. 1 by Photius, John Henry Freese (translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1920 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bibliothèque: Tome III: Codices 186-222. by Photius, René Henry (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1962 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bibliothèque: Tome I: Codices 1-83. by Photius, René Henry (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1959	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sentenze morali by Photius, Lucio Coco (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Amphilochia volume 1 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Amphilochia volume 2 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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