An exarch (/ˈɛksɑːrk/; from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος exarchos) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military...

the 6th and 8th centuries, the territories under the jurisdiction of the exarch of Italy (exarchus Italiae) resident in Ravenna. The term is used in historiography...

that encompassed its possessions on the Western Mediterranean. Ruled by an exarch (viceroy), it was established by the Emperor Maurice in 591 and survived...

John the Exarch (also transcribed Joan Ekzarh; Church Slavonic: Їѡаннъ Єѯархъ Bulgarian: Йоан Екзарх) was a medieval Bulgarian scholar, writer and translator...

An exarch /ˈɛksɑːrk/ was a military governor within the Byzantine Empire and still is a high prelate in certain Christian churches. Look up exarch in...

translit. Olúmpios; died 652) was Exarch of Ravenna from 649 until his death in 652. Prior to his term as exarch, Olympius was an imperial chamberlain...

(Greek: Δέκιος, translit. Dékios) was Exarch of Ravenna from October 584 to 585. He is thought to have been the first exarch of Ravenna, although some believe...

Theofilactus or Theophylactus; Greek: Θεοφύλακτος, translit. Theophúlaktos) was Exarch of Ravenna from 701 or 702 to 709, succeeding John II Platinus. According...

Eutychius (Greek: Ευτύχιος, translit. Eutúkhios) was the last Exarch of Ravenna, heading the Exarchate from 726 or 727 until 751. The Exarchate of Ravenna...

Leo III the Isaurian, serving as the strategos of Sicily, and then as the Exarch of Ravenna from 723 until his death. Paul is first mentioned in 717/18....

having received the approval of the Byzantine exarch of Ravenna. He was the last pope to seek the exarch's ratification of a papal election. Immediately...

The Syriac Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Canada (informally Canada of the Syriacs) is a Syriac Catholic Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic...

Plato (Greek: Πλάτων, romanized: Plátōn; fl. 645–653) was the Exarch of Ravenna from 645 to 649. He is known primarily for his monothelitism, as well as...

Tarnovo Patriarch Saint Euthymius 1375–1394 Tarnovo Exarchs of the Bulgarians (1872–1915) Exarch title was granted by a decree (firman) of Sultan Abdulaziz...

Russian Greek Catholic Church, Blessed Leonid Feodorov, the 20th century Exarch of Russia, is known to have had a very deep devotion to Metropolitan St...

Alexander Exarch (Bulgarian: Александър Екзарх, 1810 – 27 September 1891) was a Bulgarian revivalist, publicist and journalist, and an active participant...

Orthodox bishop currently serving as Metropolitan of Minsk and as Patriarchal Exarch of the Belarusian Orthodox Church since 2020. He has also been Metropolitan...

disagreement with respect to iconoclasm, and failure of the emperors, or their exarchs in Italy, to protect Rome and the rest of the peninsula from barbarian...

Eleutherius (Greek: Ελευθέριος, translit. Eleuthérios; died 620) was the exarch of Ravenna from 615 to 619, succeeding the eunuch John I. Early in his reign...

Greek Patriarch of Alexandria (1175–1180) Eleutherius (exarch) (died 620), 7th century Exarch of Ravenna Eleutherius Winance (1909–2009), Belgian-born...

Smaragdus (Greek: Σμαράγδος, translit. Smarágdos) was Exarch of Ravenna from 585 to 589 and again from 603 to 611. During his first tenure, Smaragdus made...

Callinicus (Greek: Καλλίνικος, translit. Kallínikos) was the exarch of Ravenna from 597 until 602 or 603. He is called Gallicinus, or Gallicini patricii...

Gregory II (Latin: Gregorius; Greek: Γρηγόριος, translit. Grēgórios) was an Exarch of Ravenna attested to c. 666. His attested administration closely coincides...

Decius (fl. 529-546), politician of the Eastern Roman Empire Decius (Exarch), first Exarch of Ravenna 584–585 Decius Wadsworth (1768-1821), Colonel in the...

(1788–1811) Varlaam, Exarch of Georgia (1811–1817) Theophilakt, Exarch of Georgia (1817–1821) Iona, Exarch of Georgia (1821–1832) Moisey, Exarch of Georgia (1832–1834)...

Ιωάννης, translit. Iōánnēs; died 615) was Exarch of Ravenna from 611 until his death in 615. John was made Exarch of Ravenna in 611, to replace Smaragdus...

Metropolitan of Kyiv, Galicia, and all Russia Job Boretsky as the Patriarchal Exarch. Following the transfer of the Cossack Hetmanate under the sovereignty of...

romanized: Grēgórios; Latin: Flavius Gregorius, died 647) was a Byzantine Exarch of Africa (modern Tunisia, eastern Algeria and western Libya). A relative...

Ravenna, administered from that ancient port and overseen by a viceroy (the Exarch) appointed by the Emperor in Constantinople. Ravenna and Venice were connected...

Apostolic delegate Apostolic Syndic Apostolic visitor Vicar apostolic Apostolic exarch Apostolic prefect Assistant to the papal throne Eparch Metropolitan Patriarch...