Euthymios I (Constantinople)

Euthymius is ordained patriarch, Chronicle of Johannes Skylitzes, Madrid

Euthymios is deposed as patriarch

Euthymios I. Synkellos (Greek Ευθύμιος Α΄ Σύγκελλος ; † August 5, 917 ) was Patriarch of Constantinople (907-912).

Life

Euthymios came from Seleukia . He was initially a monk in various monasteries before he went to Constantinople (between 867 and 877). At least since 884 he was a close confidante of Leo VI. , the future emperor. In his later biography ( Vita Euthymii ), his enmity with Stylianos Zautzes, who was influential at the court, is emphasized. In 889 or 890 he became hegumen (abbot) of the newly founded monastery in Psamathia. During this time he was also Synkellos in the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

In 907 he became Patriarch of Constantinople in place of the deposed Nicholas I Mystikos , who had refused to accept the connection between Leo and his wife Zoe . The previously good relationship between him and the emperor subsequently remained tense. In 908 he crowned the young Constantine VII as co-emperor.

In 912 he was deposed shortly after Leo's death. He was exiled to Ta Agathou , where he died on August 5, 917.

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• Vita Euthymii
• Johannes Skylitzes , Historia

literature

• Euthymios. In: Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine Period Online , No. 21913 (Article accessed on Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine Period Online at De Gruyter Online)
• David Thomas, Alex Mallett: Life of Euthymius, patriarch of Constantinople. In: Bettina Krönung (Ed.): Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History. Volume 2 (900-1050), Brill, Leiden / Boston 2010, pp. 192-195, digital copy ISBN 978-90-04-16976-0

predecessor	Office	successor
Nicholas I.	Patriarch of Constantinople 907-912	Nicholas I.