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St. '''Ignatius''' or '''Ignatios''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Ιγνάτιος), (c. [[797]]–[[877]]) [[Patriarch of Constantinople]] from [[July 4]], [[847]] to [[October 23]], [[858]] and from [[November 23]], [[867]] until his death on [[October 23]], [[877]]. In the Roman martyrology of the Roman Catholic Church, he is regarded as a saint, with a feast day of October 23.

Ignatios, originally named Niketas, was a son of the [[Byzantine Emperor]] [[Michael I Rangabe]] and [[Prokopia]]. His maternal grandfather was [[Nikephoros I]].

Although he was still a child, Niketas had been appointed nominal commander of the new corps of imperial guards, the Hikanatoi. He was forcibly castrated (and thus made ineligible for becoming emperor, since the emperor could not be a eunuch) and tonsured after his father's deposition in [[813]]. He founded three monasteries on the [[Princes' Islands]], a favorite place for exiling tonsured members of the imperial house.

The Empress Mother [[Theodora (9th century)|Theodora]] appointed Ignatios, a staunch opponent of [[Iconoclasm]], to succeed [[Patriarch Methodius I of Constantinople|Methodios I]] as patriarch of Constantinople in [[847]]. Ignatios soon became embroiled in the conflict between the Stoudites and the moderates in the Church, the issue being whether or not to dispose of clergymen who had cooperated with iconoclast policies in the past. Ignatios took the side of the conservative Stoudites and deposed the archbishop of [[Syracuse]], [[Gregory Asbestas]], the leader of the moderate party. Asbestas appealed for redress to Pope Leo IV and thus inaugurated a period of friction in relations between the Roman and Constantinopolitan churches.

A fervent critic of the Caesar [[Bardas]], Ignatios lost support after Emperor [[Michael III]] and Bardas removed Theodora from influence in 857. Ignatios was forced to resign and was replaced by the layman [[Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople|Photios]]. When Photios reversed some of his predecessor's policies, Ignatios's supporters appealed to [[Pope Nicholas I]], who at first tried to stay out of the controversy (since Ignatios's election went against canon law), but then condemned Photios. The immediate issues in the conflict were the question of papal precedence over the patriarch, and jurisdiction over newly-converted Bulgaria.

In [[867]] [[Basil I the Macedonian]] usurped the throne and, seeking an alliance with Nicholas I and Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor, banished Photios and restored Ignatios on the patriarchal throne. Reinstated, Ignatios refused to yield to the papacy and drew Bulgaria back into the orbit of the Byzantine Church in [[870]]. Since Ignatios and Photios pursued the same policy, the latter was recalled and reinstated as tutor to the emperor's children. When Ignatios died in October 877, Photios was reinstated as patriarch and contributed to Ignatios' sanctification.

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==See also==
*[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople]]

==References==
*''The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'', Oxford University Press, 1991.
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07647a.htm|title=St. Ignatius of Constantinople]

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Irlandos at 11:14, March 23, 2011

Irlandos: New page: St. '''Ignatius''' or '''Ignatios''' (Greek Ιγνάτιος), (c. 797–877) Patriarch of Constantinople from July 4, 847 to October 23, [[8...