Constantius I of Constantinople (; 1770 – 5 January 1859) was

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during the period 1830–1834. He was born in 1770 in Constantinople. He studied in the Patriarchal School, in

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and in

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. In 1805, he was elected Archbishop of Sinai, a position he held until he was elected Ecumenical Patriarch in 1830. He resigned in 1834 and devoted his life to studying and writing. He died on 5 January 1859.

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1777 births 1859 deaths Clergy from Istanbul 19th-century ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople Constantinopolitan Greeks {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub