Germanos III.
Germanos III. (Greek Γερμανός Γ ) was Patriarch of Constantinople (1266).
Life
Origin and year of birth are unknown. Germanos was a monk at Antioch. Later he went to Jerusalem , then to Nicaea . In 1259 he became Archbishop of Adrianople .
In 1265/1266 he became Patriarch of Constantinople as the successor to the deposed Arsenios . At the end of 1266, his successor Joseph I was appointed.
Germanos then lived in the Mangano monastery in Constantinople. In 1272 he was mentioned in the wake of Michael Lascaris in negotiations with representatives from Hungary. In 1274 the ex-patriarch signed the union with Rome and the Pope as a member of the imperial embassy at the Council of Lyon . The year of his death is unknown.
literature
- Venance Grumel: Traité d'études byzantines. In: La Chronologie I. Paris 1958, p.437
- Alexios G. Savvides, Benjamin Hendrickx (Eds.): Encyclopaedic Prosopographical Lexicon of Byzantine History and Civilization . Vol. 3: Faber Felix - Juwayni, Al- . Brepols Publishers, Turnhout 2012, ISBN 978-2-503-53243-1 , pp. 108-109.
Remarks
- ↑ The exact date is unknown; May 25, 1265 or another date before September 14, 1266 (appointment of Joseph I as successor) is possible.
- ↑ 1278 or 1289?
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Arsenios Autoreianos |
Patriarch of Constantinople 1266 |
Joseph I. Galesiotes |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Germanos III. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Γερμανός Γ (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Patriarch of Constantinople |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1274 |