Athanasius III served as
Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 1276 and 1316.
Relations with the Church of Rome
Since the
Bishop of Rome
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appointed a titular Latin Patriarch of Alexandria in 1310, it is likely that ecclesiastical communion had been broken by Athanasius III episcopate.
[Steven Runciman. ''The Eastern Schism''. (Oxford, 1955). p. 100.]
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13th-century Patriarchs of Alexandria
14th-century Patriarchs of Alexandria
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