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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 679 to 686

SaintGeorge I
Patriarch of Constantinople
Born c. 7th centuryUnknown
Died 686Constantinople(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Venerated in Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast August 18
SaintGeorge I of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Installed 679
Term ended 686
Predecessor St. Theodore I
Successor Paul III
Personal details
Denomination Chalcedonian Christianity

George I (Greek: Γεώργιος; died January or February 686) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 679 to 686.[1] He was succeeded, after a one-year bishopric and interlude of a reign by patriarch Theodore I of Constantinople, by His All-Holiness Paul III of Constantinople.[2]

George is commemorated in the Eastern Orthodox Church as a saint, with his feast day being August 18.[3]

  1. ^ "List of Patriarchs". Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  2. ^ "Ecumenical Patriarch".
  3. ^ "Saint George, Patriarch of Constantinople". oca.org. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
Titles of Chalcedonian Christianity
Preceded bySt. Theodore I Patriarch of Constantinople 679–686 Succeeded byPaul III