Theodore I (? – 28 January 687) was the

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from 677 to 679. He had been preceded 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 ...

. During this cataclysmic period, the Byzantine military overcame the Arab incursion against its walls in the Arab

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. He was succeeded by Patriarch

George I of Constantinople George I (? – January or February 686) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 679 to 686. He was succeeded, after a one-year bishopric and interlude of a reign by patriarch Theodore I of Constantinople Theodore I (? – 28 Ja ...

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7th-century patriarchs of Constantinople {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub