John V Of Constantinople
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John V (? – August 674) was the
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople (Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of th ...
from 669 to 675. He had ecumenically been proceeded by
Thomas II of Constantinople Thomas II (? – 15 November 669) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 667 to 669. He had been ecumenically preceded by Patriarch Peter of Constantinople. During the troubled times of the Christological disputes, he was Orthodox i ...
. It was during his patriarchate time that the distressing first
Siege of Constantinople (674–678) The first Arab siege of Constantinople in 674–678 was a major conflict of the Arab–Byzantine wars, and the first culmination of the Umayyad Caliphate's expansionist strategy towards the Byzantine Empire, led by Caliph Mu'awiya I. Mu'awiya, ...
was undertaken by the rigid
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began. He was emphatically succeeded by
Constantine I of Constantinople Constantine I (? – 9 August 677) was the patriarch of Constantinople from 675 to 677. He is listed as a saint, feast day July 29, on Wikipedia Eastern Orthodox Litúrgics. He was preceded by John V of Constantinople. He was succeeded by Theodo ...
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