Polyeuctus (Greek: Πολύευκτος; died 5 February 970) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (956–970). His orthodox feast is on February 5. Polyeuctus...
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moved by the zeal of his friend Saint Nearchus, Polyeuctus had openly converted to Christianity. "Enflamed with zeal, St Polyeuctus went to the city square...
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church in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey) built by the noblewoman Anicia Juliana and dedicated to Saint Polyeuctus. Intended as an assertion of Juliana's...
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(died 970), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Polyeuctus of Melitene (died 259), ancient Roman saint Polyeuctus of Sphettus [it] (died after 324), Athenian...
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Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330. Following the collapse of the...
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Elisha (redirect from Islamic view of Elisha)
Constantine Porphyrogenitus (c. 956–970) by Saint Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople (956–970). Eliseus is also commemorated on July 20 with Aaron...
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Anicia Juliana (category Year of death uncertain)
Areobindus, patron of the great Church of St Polyeuctus in Constantinople, and owner of the Vienna Dioscurides. She was the daughter of the Roman emperor...
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This is a list of the Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople. 1. St. Andrew the Apostle (38 AD), founder 2. St. Stachys the Apostle (38–54 AD) 3. St....
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Pope John XIII (redirect from John XIII of Rome)
bishopric of Otranto into a metropolitan see, and to ensure that services were no longer said in Latin, but in Greek only. Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople...
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Luke the Evangelist (redirect from The life of st luke)
Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople (956–70). 10 September - Feast of Apostles of the Seventy: Nathaniel (Nathanael), Luke the Evangelist, Clement of Sardice...
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Ἀκάκιος; died 26 November 489) served as the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 472 to 489. He was practically the first prelate in the East...
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January 16 (redirect from 16th of January)
871) 970 – Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch (b. 956) 1263 – Shinran Shonin, Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land Buddhism...
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956) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 2 February 933 to his death in 956. Theophylact was the youngest son of Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos...
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Theodosius of Skopelos in Cilicia (c. 421) Saint Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (970) Venerable Sabbas the New of Sicily, Abbot...
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Theophano (born Anastaso) (category Instances of Lang-el using second unnamed parameter)
arch-conservative Patriarch Polyeuctus felt towards the young upstart empress. Both Theophano and Nikephoros had previously been bereaved of a spouse, and the Orthodox...
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Little Hagia Sophia (redirect from Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus en tois Hormisdou (Constantinople))
Bacchus's construction, the Sasanian-influenced Church of St Polyeuctus - the largest church in Constantinople until Hagia Sophia's construction - was likely...
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The 1906 building of Temple Israel in Boston was intended to be a replica of the Temple. The Church of St. Polyeuctus in Constantinople was built with the...
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C Chora Church Church of St. Mary of Blachernae (Istanbul) Church of St. Mary of the Mongols Church of St. Polyeuctus Cistern of Philoxenos D E Eski Imaret...
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time Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople received from Emperor Nikephoros Phokas the authorization to erect the metropolitan see of Otranto, giving...
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St Mark's Basilica (redirect from Cathedral of Saint Mark, Venice)
booty of the first Venetian–Genoese war (1256–1270) but actually spoils of the Fourth Crusade, taken from the Church of St Polyeuctus in Constantinople. Between...
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Patriarch Polyeuctus of Constantinople Patriarch Pyrrhus of Constantinople Patriarch Raphael I of Constantinople Patriarch Raphael II of Constantinople Patriarch...
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Eustratius Garidas (redirect from Patriarch Eustratius II of Constantinople)
Patriarch of Constantinople between 1081 and 1084. A monk, he was elevated to the patriarchal throne through the influence of the mother of the emperor...
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Aelia Eudocia (redirect from Athenaïs-Eudokia of Athens)
fallen into disgrace. Eudocia also built the original Church of St. Polyeuctus in Constantinople, which her great-granddaughter Anicia Juliana greatly expanded...
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was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 970 to 974. Before his election as Patriarch, he was a monk in Olympus of Syria and continued his monastic...
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Capital (architecture) (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of April 2024)
the Hippodrome of Constantinople One of the "Pilastri Acritani", Venice, from the 6th-century Church of St Polyeuctus in Constantinople Byzantine Ionic...
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Christianity in Turkey (redirect from Christians of Turkey)
remnants of the Library of Alexandria and had 100,000 volumes. The city was the home of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and guardian of Christendom's...
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Mosque built (approximate date). 524 – Church of St. Polyeuctus built. 527 – Construction of the Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus begins. 532 January:...
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Church of St. Polyeuctus in Constantinople (524–527) may have been built as a large and lavish domed basilica similar to the Meriamlik church of fifty...
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Olga converted to Christianity with the assistance of the Emperor and the Patriarch Polyeuctus. While the Primary Chronicle does not divulge Olga's...
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earthquake at Constantinople (869) Translation of the relics (903) of St. Judoc, hermit of Ponthieu. Martyrdom of Polyeuctus of Melitene (Menologion of Basil...
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