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'''Dionysius IV''' nicknamed Muselimes ([[Greek language|Greek]] Διονύσιος Δ΄ Μουσελίμης) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] clergyman of the [[17th century]] who served five terms as [[Patriarch of Constantinople]].

Dionysius was born in [[Constantinople]]. He was elected [[Metropolitan]] of [[Larisa]] on [[August 9]], [[1662]] while still a layman. In [[1671]], he became [[Patriarch of Constantinople]] for the first time. During his first term, Dionysius wrote his famous work "To the Calvinists concerning the dogma of the Orthodox Church" which outlined to the Reformed Church the position of Orthodoxy concerning their tenets of faith.

Over all, Dionysius served five terms as Patriarch:
*[[1671]] - [[1673]]
*[[1676]] - [[1679]]
*[[1682]] - [[1684]]
*[[1686]] - [[1687]]
*[[1693]] - [[1694]]

During those years he came into conflict with [[James of Constantinople|James]] whom he dethroned twice from the Ecumenical throne: in [[1682]] and [[1686]]. [[James of Constantinople|James]], in turn, had Dionysius dethroned on [[October 17]], [[1687]].

He was dethroned for the last time in [[1694]] and left for Moldavia where he died on [[September 23]], [[1696]].

During his lifetime, Dionysius was jailed twice by the Turks: in [[1679]] and [[1688]]. Both times he bribed himself out of his imprisonment.

[[Category:Ecumenical Patriarchs|Dionysius, 4]]
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