What the records say
- When
- 861
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 41.01° N, 28.95° E
Placed at the town named in the title of the event it links, Constantinople.
Summary
Spring – The Council of Constantinople, attended by 318 fathers and presided over by papal legates, confirms Photius the Great as patriarch, and passes 17 canons.
Council of Constantinople (861)
The Council of Constantinople of 861, also known as Protodeutera, was a major Church Council, convened upon the initiative of Emperor Michael III of Byzantium and Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople, and attended by legates of Pope Nicholas I. The Council confirmed the deposition of former Patriarch Ignatius of Constantinople, and his replacement by Photios.
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