Paisius I (? – c. 1688) was a two-time

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 ...

(August 1, 1652 – April 1653, March 1654 – March 1655). He was previously

Bishop of Ephesus The Metropolis of Ephesus ( el, Μητρόπολις Εφέσου) was an ecclesiastical territory (metropolis) of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in western Asia Minor, modern Turkey. Christianity was introduced already in the city o ...

and

Larissa Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...

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Venance Grumel Venance Grumel (born François Grumel on 23 May 1890, La Serraz, Le Bourget-du-Lac, Savoy, France – died 13 August 1967, Paris) was a French theologian and Byzantinist. Biography He was born on 23 May 1890 under the name of François Grume ...

, ''Traité d'études byzantines'', « I. La Chronologie »,

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, Paris, 1958, .

Life

Paisius was born at the turn of the seventeenth century but the exact date of his birth is not known. He was from the Greek island of

Lesbos Lesbos or Lesvos ( el, Λέσβος, Lésvos ) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of with approximately of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece. It is separated from Anatolia, Asia Minor ...

. In a time of great turbulence, he was not particularly distinguished. After his second deposition, he established residence on the island of Halki, having received ''eis zoarkeian'' (that is, without pastoral obligations) the

Metropolis of Ephesus The Metropolis of Ephesus ( el, Μητρόπολις Εφέσου) was an ecclesiastical territory (metropolis) of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in western Asia Minor, modern Turkey. Christianity was introduced already in the city ...

and

Cyzicus Cyzicus (; grc, Κύζικος ''Kúzikos''; ota, آیدینجق, ''Aydıncıḳ'') was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. It was located on the shoreward side of the present Kapıdağ Peni ...

. The date and place of his death is not known, but he likely died at Halki in the late seventeenth century.

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* Venance Grumel, ''Traité d'études byzantines'', « I. La Chronologie »,

, Paris, 1958. {{authority control Bishops of Ephesus Bishops of Larissa 17th-century Greek clergy 17th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople People from Lesbos