Patriarch Cyril III Of Constantinople

Cyril III ( el, Κύριλλος Γ΄), surnamed Spanos (Σπανός), (? – after 1654), was

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 ...

for two short terms in 1652 and 1654. He hailed from

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and also served as bishop of

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(1655–75), Philippopolis and

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