Anthony III of Constantinople

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Anthony III Studites was Patriarch of Constantinople from 974 until 980.

Anthony was elected Patriarch in 974, with the full support of emperor Ioannes I Tzimisces. He dedicated himself in compiling a list of biographies of all the saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

In 980, he resigned his office and withdrew to the Studion monastery where he died in 983.