Ignatios of Constantinople


Ignatius of Constantinople
Ignatios of Constantinople, Northern tympanon, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Patriarch of Constantinople
Born798
Constantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died23 October 877(877-10-23) (aged 78–79)
Constantinople
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Venerated inCatholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
CanonizedPre-Congregation
FeastOctober 23
Ignatius of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Installed847
Term ended858, 867–877
Personal details
DenominationChalcedonian Christianity

Ignatius or Ignatios (Greek: Ἰγνάτιος; c. 798 – 23 October 877) was a Patriarch of Constantinople from July 4, 847, to October 23, 858, and from November 23, 867, to his death on October 23, 877.[1] In the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox churches, he is regarded as a saint, with a feast day of October 23.