Thomas Morosini | Italian patriarch of Constantinople | Britannica (original) (raw)

Learn about this topic in these articles:

administration of Constantinople

• 
  In Crusades: The Fourth Crusade and the Latin empire of Constantinople
  …elected emperor, and the Venetian Thomas Morosini was chosen patriarch. Various Latin-French lordships throughout Greece—in particular, the duchy of Athens and the principality of the Morea—did provide cultural contacts with western Europe and promoted the study of Greek. There was also a French impact on Greece. Notably, a collection of…
  Read More

Eastern Orthodoxy

• 
  In Eastern Orthodoxy: The Crusades
  …of the city, the Venetian Thomas Morosini was installed as patriarch of Constantinople and confirmed as such by Pope Innocent III, the Greeks realized the full seriousness of papal claims over the universal church: theological polemics and national hatreds were combined to tear the two churches further apart.
  Read More