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 ...
(August 1, 1652 – April 1653, March 1654 – March 1655). He was previously
Bishop of Ephesus and
Larissa.
[Dates selon Venance Grumel, ''Traité d'études byzantines'', « I. La Chronologie », Presses universitaires de France, 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 Asia Minor by the nar ...
. 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 cit ...
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.
References
Sources
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Bibliography
* Venance Grumel, ''Traité d'études byzantines'', « I. La Chronologie »,
Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1958.
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Bishops of Ephesus
Bishops of Larissa
17th-century Greek clergy
17th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
People from Lesbos