THEODOSIUS I BORADIOTES


Meaning of THEODOSIUS I BORADIOTES in English

born , Antioch

died after 1183, Constantinople

Greek Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople (1179–83).

As patriarch, he upheld stringent conversion requirements for converts from Islam against the wishes of Emperor Manuel I Comnenus . He also opposed Manuel's overtures to Pope Alexander III and the Latin church of the West, refusing to cooperate with a proposed reunion of the two branches of Christianity. The succeeding emperor forced Theodosius to abdicate.

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