Kyros of Constantinople
Saint Kyros of Constantinople | |
|---|---|
The Borradaile Triptych, ivory, Constantinople, c. 900–1000 AD (bequeathed by C. Borradaile). | |
| Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople | |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Catholic Church |
| Feast | 8 January (Eastern Orthodox Church) 7 January (Catholic Church) |
Saint Kyros of Constantinople | |
|---|---|
| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Installed | September 705 |
| Term ended | December 711 |
| Predecessor | Callinicus I of Constantinople |
| Successor | John VI of Constantinople |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 8 January 712 |
| Denomination | Chalcedonian Christianity |
Kyros of Constantinople (Ancient Greek: Κῦρος; died 8 January 712) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 705 to 711. He is regarded as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Catholic Church, which had set his feast for 7 January in Catholic Church and 8 January (21) in Orthodox Church. Kyros was placed on the patriarchal throne in 705 by Emperor Justinian II, as a replacement for the deposed Patriarch Callinicus I of Constantinople. Soon after Justinian II's decline and eventual fall in December 711, Kyros was replaced by the new Emperor Philippicus with Patriarch John VI of Constantinople, who shared Philippicus' Monothelite sympathies.