Joseph I. Galesiotes

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Joseph I. Galesiotes (Greek Ιωσήφ Α´ Γαλησιώτης ; † March 23, 1283 ) was Patriarch of Constantinople (1267-1275 and 1283). He is venerated as a confessor in the Orthodox churches . Remembrance day is October 30th .

Life

Origin and year of birth are not recorded. Joseph was married for eight years. Then he became a monk. From 1222 to 1254 he was Anagnostes ( lecturer ). In 1249/1260 he was abbot in the Lazarus monastery on Mount Galesios.

In 1264 he was sent by Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos to Patriarch Arsenios to ask for his excommunication of the emperor to be withdrawn. Arsenios refused.

On December 28, 1266, Joseph was appointed the new Patriarch of Constantinople by the Emperor. Joseph reversed the excommunication. A split developed in the Byzantine Church between proponents ("Arsenites") and opponents ("Josephites") of excommunication. This was not finished until 1315.

In 1272, Joseph directed Andronikos II's coronation as co-regent.

Like large parts of the clergy and the population, Joseph was against the union of the Orthodox and the Catholic Churches planned by Emperor Michael under the specified conditions. In 1274 he therefore did not take part in the negotiations on the union at the Council of Lyon . On January 9, 1275, he resigned from his office and retired to the monastery.

On December 31, 1282, he was reappointed Patriarch of Constantinople by the new emperor Andronikos II. He died on March 23, 1283.

Patriarch Gregory II declared him a confessor of the Orthodox Church.

literature

  • Erich Trapp, Rainer Walther, Hans-Veit Beyer, Katja Sturm-Schnabl: Ἰωσὴφ I. In: Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit. Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 1980, Sp. 9072
  • Alice-Mary Talbot: Joseph I. In: Alexander Kazhdan (Ed.): The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York 1991, ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6 , p. 1073
  • Gerhard Podskalsky :  Joseph I. Galesiotes. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 688-690.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The appointments took place at the end of 1266 and end of 1282, he was consecrated and thus officially introduced into office only in the following year
predecessor Office successor
Germanos III. Patriarch of Constantinople
1267–1275 		John XI.
John XI. Patriarch of Constantinople
1282–1283 		Gregory II of Cyprus
personal data
SURNAME Joseph I. Galesiotes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ἰωσὴφ Α´ Γαλησιώτης (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Patriarch of Constantinople
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 1283