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Ioannes VII (other)
Ioannes VII (, ''Iōannēs Ζ''') may refer to: * Patriarch John VII of Constantinople (mid-9th century) * Emperor John VII Palaiologos John VII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (; 1370 – 22 September 1408) was List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine emperor for five months in 1390, from 14 April to 17 September. A handful of sources suggest that John VII sometimes used the name Andro ... (1370–1408) See also * John VII (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ioannes 07 ...
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Patriarch John VII Of Constantinople
John VII of Constantinople, surnamed ''Grammatikos'' or ''Grammaticus'', i.e., "''the Grammarian''" (; died before 867), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 21 January 837 to 4 March 843, died before 867. He is not to be confused with the much earlier philosopher John Philoponus. Life John was born into an aristocratic family. His father was Pankratios Morocharzanios, and he had a brother, Arsaber. Warren Treadgold identifies the latter as Arsaber, who married a sister of Empress Theodora, wife of Emperor Theophilos. John's sister was the mother of the future Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople. John, who began his clerical career c. 811, was also a painter of icons and a correspondent of Theodore the Studite. By 814 John had become an iconoclast, and Emperor Leo V the Armenian chose him to head a committee to collect patristic texts supporting this theological position in preparation for the Synod of 815, which reinstated iconoclasm. John was rewarded for hi ...
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John VII Palaiologos
John VII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (; 1370 – 22 September 1408) was List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine emperor for five months in 1390, from 14 April to 17 September. A handful of sources suggest that John VII sometimes used the name Andronikos (), possibly to honour the memory of his father, Andronikos IV Palaiologos, though he reigned under his birth name. Andronikos IV was the firstborn son of Emperor John V Palaiologos (), and had thus been the heir to the throne. After a failed rebellion in 1373, Andronikos IV was imprisoned and partially political mutilation in Byzantine culture, blinded, the same punishment possibly being carried out on John VII, then only three years old. Andronikos IV escaped in 1376 and successfully took Constantinople, ruling as emperor until 1379. John VII served as co-emperor during this time, possibly being appointed in 1377. Though deposed in 1379 by his brother Manuel II Palaiologos and their father John V, Andronikos IV never renounced his ...
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