Teofan I, Serbian Patriarch (also spelled Theophanes) was the
archbishop
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of the
Serbian Patriarchate of Peć
Serbian Patriarchate of Peć (, ''Srpska patrijaršija u Peći''), or simply Peć Patriarchate (, ''Pećka patrijaršija''), was an autocephaly, autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate that existed from 1346 to 1463, and then again from 155 ...
and the
Patriarch
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of the
Serbian Orthodox Church
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from 1435 to 1446.He was succeeded by
Nikodim II.
On the enthronement of Patriarch
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* Dimitrije, Serbian Patriarch (1846–1930) of the Serbian Orthodox Church
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in Peć,
Stevan Dimitrijević
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published a list of Serbian archbishops and patriarchs which mentions Teofan as the successor to Patriarch Nikon (1419-1435).
Sources
* Народна енциклопедија (National Encyclopedia, 1927)
* (In translation )
See also
*
List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
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References
1446 deaths
Date of birth unknown
Archbishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church
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Year of birth missing