Arsenios Autoreianos

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Arsenios Autoreianos (Greek Ἀρσένιος Ἀυτωρειανός ; † after 1265) was Patriarch of Constantinople (1259-1260, exile in Nicaea, and 1261-1265).

Life

Arsenios was born in Constantinople . His year of birth is unknown. He became a monk. In the monastery of Nicaea he became abbot. He went to Bithynia , where he lived as an ascetic in a monastery. There is no news of a stay as a monk on Mount Athos .

In 1259 at the latest he was the Patriarch of Constantinople. In 1259 he crowned Michael Palaiologos and Johannes Laskaris , son of Theodor II , as emperors.

In 1260 he was replaced as patriarch. He was succeeded by Nikephorus II.

In 1261 Emperor Michael VIII brought Constantinople back to the Byzantine Empire. That year he made Arsenios patriarch again. In 1262 Arsenios excommunicated Emperor Michael because he had blinded Johannes Laskaris. In 1265 Michael had Arsenios deposed by a synod . Arsenios was exiled to the island of Prokonnesos . The year of his death is unknown.

Patriarch Joseph I lifted the excommunication. Parts of the clergy opposed the repeal. A split arose between the "Arsenites" and "Josephites" that lasted until 1315.

plant

The Synopsis Canonum , an overview of resolutions of councils and statements of church fathers, was written by a monk Arsenios on Mount Athos. It is not clear whether this is identical to Arsenios.

literature

  • Arsenius. In: Herders Conversations-Lexikon. Freiburg im Breisgau 1854, Volume 1, p. 272 online
  • Deno John Geanakoplos: Emperor Michael Palaeologus and the West 1258-1282: A Study in Byzantine-Latin Relations. Harvard, Cambridge 1959, pp. 33 ff., 42 ff.
  • Alexios G. Savvides, Benjamin Hendrickx (Eds.): Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization . Vol. 1: Aaron - Azarethes . Brepols Publishers, Turnhout 2007, ISBN 978-2-503-52303-3 , pp. 397-399.
  • Viktor Tiftixoglu: Arsenios Autoreianos . In: Biographical Lexicon on the History of Southeast Europe . Volume 1. Munich 1974, p. 100 f.

Remarks

  1. ↑ It is uncertain whether he was made patriarch by Emperor Theodoros Laskaris II as early as 1255 . Contemporary historiographers (Pachymeres, Acropolites) only mention Georgios Mazalon as patriarch during this period.
predecessor Office successor
Manuel II Patriarch of Constantinople
1259–1260 		Nikephorus II.
Nikephorus II. Patriarch of Constantinople
1261–1264 		Germanos III.
personal data
SURNAME Arsenios Autoreianos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Car rianos; Ἀρσένιος Ἀυτωρειανός (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Patriarch of Constantinople
DATE OF BIRTH 12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH after 1264