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{{Short description|Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 843 to 847}} |
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| honorific prefix = Saint |
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| name = Methodius I |
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| image = triumph orthodoxy.jpg |
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| titles = [[List of patriarchs of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]]<br>[[Hegumen]] |
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| birth_date = 788 |
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| birth_place = [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], [[Sicily (theme)|Theme of Sicily]]<br />(modern-day [[Italy]]) |
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| venerated_in = {{nowrap|[[Eastern Orthodox Church]]}}<br>[[Roman Catholic Church]] |
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| feast_day = [[June 14]] |
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| honorific_prefix = Saint |
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| enthroned = 843 |
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| predecessor = [[John VII of Constantinople|John VII]] |
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| successor = [[Ignatios of Constantinople|St Ignatius]] |
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| religion = [[Chalcedonian Christianity]] |
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⚫ | '''Methodios I''' or '''Methodius I''' ({{lang-el|Μεθόδιος Α΄}}; 788/800 – June 14, 847) was [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]] from March 4, 843 to June 14, 847. He was born in [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] and died in [[Constantinople]]. His [[feast day]] is celebrated on June 14 in both the [[Eastern Christianity|East]] and the [[Western Christianity|West]]. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Born to wealthy parents, Methodios was sent as a young man to Constantinople to continue his education and hopefully attain an appointment at court. But instead he entered a monastery in [[Bithynia]], eventually becoming [[abbot]]. |
Born to wealthy parents, Methodios was sent as a young man to Constantinople to continue his education and hopefully attain an appointment at court. But instead he entered a monastery in [[Bithynia]], eventually becoming [[abbot]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} |
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Under Emperor [[Leo the Armenian|Leo V the Armenian]] (813–820) the [[Iconoclasm|Iconoclast persecution]] broke out for the second time. In 815 Methodios went to [[Rome]], perhaps as an envoy of the deposed [[Patriarch Nikephoros I of Constantinople|Patriarch Nikephorοs]]. Upon his return in 821 he was arrested and exiled as an [[iconodule]] by the [[iconoclasm|Iconoclast]] regime of Emperor [[Michael II]]. Methodios was released in 829 and assumed a position of importance at the court of the even more fervently iconoclast Emperor [[Theophilos (emperor)|Theophilos]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} |
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[[File:MadridSkylitzesMethodiosTheophilosFol56r.jpg|thumb|Patriarch Methodios discussing matters with the emperor Theophilos (12th century [[Constantine Manasses|Manasses Chronicle]])]] |
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⚫ | Soon after the death of the emperor, in 843, the influential minister [[Theoktistos]] convinced the Empress Mother [[Theodora (9th century)|Theodora]], as [[regent]] for her two-year-old son [[Michael III]], to permit the restoration of [[icon]]s by arranging that her dead husband would not be [[anathema|condemned]]. He then deposed the iconoclast Patriarch [[John VII of Constantinople|John VII Grammatikos]] and secured the appointment of Methodios as his successor, bringing about the end of the iconoclast controversy. A week after his appointment and after the [[Council of Constantinople (843)]], accompanied by Theodora, Michael, and Theoktistos, Methodios made a triumphal procession from the [[Church of St. Mary of Blachernae (Istanbul)|church of Blachernae]] to [[Hagia Sophia]] on March 11, 843, restoring the icons to the church. This heralded the restoration of Catholic orthodoxy, and became a holiday in the Byzantine Church, celebrated every year on the First Sunday of [[Great Lent]], and known as the "[[Triumph of Orthodoxy]]".{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} |
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⚫ | Throughout his short patriarchate, Methodios tried to pursue a moderate line of accommodation with members of the clergy who were formerly Iconoclasts. This policy was opposed by extremists, primarily the monks of the [[Stoudios]] monastery, who demanded that the former Iconoclasts be punished severely as heretics. To rein in the extremists, Methodios was forced to excommunicate and arrest some of the more persevering monks.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} |
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⚫ | Soon after the death of the emperor, in 843, the influential minister [[Theoktistos]] convinced the Empress Mother [[Theodora (9th century)|Theodora]], as [[regent]] for her two-year-old son [[Michael III]], to permit the restoration of [[icon]]s by arranging that her dead husband would not be [[anathema|condemned]]. He then deposed the iconoclast Patriarch [[ |
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| NAME = Methodios 01 Of Constantinople |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Patriarch of Constantinople |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] |
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Saint Methodius I | |
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![]() Late 14th-early 15th century icon illustrating the "Triumph of Orthodoxy" in 843. Methodius is depicted in the upper register, to the right of the icon, with Theodora and her son Michael to the left. (National Icon Collection 18, British Museum) | |
Patriarch of Constantinople Hegumen | |
Born | 788 Syracuse, Theme of Sicily (modern-day Italy) |
Died | 847 Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
Feast | June 14 |
Saint Methodios I of Constantinople | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Installed | 843 |
Term ended | 847 |
Predecessor | John VII |
Successor | St Ignatius |
Personal details | |
Denomination | Chalcedonian Christianity |
Methodios I or Methodius I (Greek: Μεθόδιος Α΄; 788/800 – June 14, 847) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from March 4, 843 to June 14, 847. He was born in Syracuse and died in Constantinople. His feast day is celebrated on June 14 in both the East and the West.
Life
[edit]Born to wealthy parents, Methodios was sent as a young man to Constantinople to continue his education and hopefully attain an appointment at court. But instead he entered a monastery in Bithynia, eventually becoming abbot.[citation needed]
Under Emperor Leo V the Armenian (813–820) the Iconoclast persecution broke out for the second time. In 815 Methodios went to Rome, perhaps as an envoy of the deposed Patriarch Nikephorοs. Upon his return in 821 he was arrested and exiled as an iconodule by the Iconoclast regime of Emperor Michael II. Methodios was released in 829 and assumed a position of importance at the court of the even more fervently iconoclast Emperor Theophilos.[citation needed]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/MadridSkylitzesMethodiosTheophilosFol56r.jpg/220px-MadridSkylitzesMethodiosTheophilosFol56r.jpg)
Soon after the death of the emperor, in 843, the influential minister Theoktistos convinced the Empress Mother Theodora, as regent for her two-year-old son Michael III, to permit the restoration of icons by arranging that her dead husband would not be condemned. He then deposed the iconoclast Patriarch John VII Grammatikos and secured the appointment of Methodios as his successor, bringing about the end of the iconoclast controversy. A week after his appointment and after the Council of Constantinople (843), accompanied by Theodora, Michael, and Theoktistos, Methodios made a triumphal procession from the church of Blachernae to Hagia Sophia on March 11, 843, restoring the icons to the church. This heralded the restoration of Catholic orthodoxy, and became a holiday in the Byzantine Church, celebrated every year on the First Sunday of Great Lent, and known as the "Triumph of Orthodoxy".[citation needed]
Throughout his short patriarchate, Methodios tried to pursue a moderate line of accommodation with members of the clergy who were formerly Iconoclasts. This policy was opposed by extremists, primarily the monks of the Stoudios monastery, who demanded that the former Iconoclasts be punished severely as heretics. To rein in the extremists, Methodios was forced to excommunicate and arrest some of the more persevering monks.[citation needed]
Methodios was indeed well-educated; engaged in both copying and writing of manuscripts. His individual works included polemica, hagiographical and liturgical works, sermons and poetry.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Methodius I article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1910)
- St Methodius the Patriarch of Constantinople Orthodox Icon and Synaxarion