Theophanes Karykes (? – 26 March 1597) was
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople ( Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of ...
(as Theophanes I) from August 1596 to February 1597. He died only three weeks after leaving office. He was previously the
metropolitan of
Philippopolis, a
protopsaltes
In Christianity, the cantor, sometimes called the precentor or the protopsaltes (; from ), is the chief singer, and usually instructor, employed at a church, with responsibilities for the choir and the preparation of the Mass or worship service ...
and composer of hymns.
Bibliography
* Venance Grumel, ''Traité d'études byzantines'', vol. I : ''La chronologie'',
Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1958, p. 438.
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Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais
Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais (1773 – 1842) was a French genealogist and littérateur.
Biography
Early life
Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais was born on 6 April 1773 in Langres, France.
Career
During the French Revolution, he served as an Ass ...
, ''L'art de vérifier les dates'', tome I, Paris, 1818, p. 494.
1597 deaths
16th-century Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
Metropolitans of Plovdiv
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