Manuel I. Charitopoulos

Manuel I. Charitopoulos (Greek Μανουήλ Α΄ Χαριτόπουλος ), also Manuel Sarantenos ( Μανουήλ Σαραντηνός ) was Patriarch of Constantinople in exile in Nicaea (1217-1222).

Life

Manuel was a deacon in Constantinople and had the title hypatos ton philosophon .

In 1204 he left Constantinople after the city fell to the Crusaders .

In 1217 he became Patriarch of Constantinople. Manuel was involved in negotiations between Emperor Theodor I. Laskaris and the Latin Emperor of Constantinople Robert von Courtenay about a peace treaty and the marriage of Robert to Eudokia , the daughter of Theodor. Manuel refused to give his consent for canon law reasons.

Manuel died in 1222.

literature

Vitalien Laurent: La chronologie des patriarches de Constantinople au XIIIe siècle (1208-1309). In: Revue des études byzantines. 27, 1969, p. 129 ff.

Remarks

↑ Highest of the philosophers , meaning is uncertain, perhaps honorary title of the philosophical faculty of the university in Constantinople
↑ The election took place in December 1216 or January 1217, the enthronement in March 1217.
↑ Theodor was married to Marie de Courtenay, a sister of Robert, a marriage of Robert to Eudokia, the daughter of Theodor, therefore not possible (incest prohibition).

predecessor	Office	successor
Maximos II	Patriarch of Constantinople 1217–1222	Germanos II.

personal data
SURNAME	Manuel I. Charitopoulos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sarantenos, Manuel; Μανουήλ Α΄ Χαριτόπουλος (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Patriarch of Constantinople (1217-1222)
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
DATE OF DEATH	1222

[1] Highest of the philosophers , meaning is uncertain, perhaps honorary title of the philosophical faculty of the university in Constantinople

[2] The election took place in December 1216 or January 1217, the enthronement in March 1217.

[3] Theodor was married to Marie de Courtenay, a sister of Robert, a marriage of Robert to Eudokia, the daughter of Theodor, therefore not possible (incest prohibition).