Kyros of Constantinople

Summary

Kyros or Cyrus (Greek: Κῦρος; died 8 January 712) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 705 to 712. He is regarded as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church, which had set his feast for January 7 in Roman Catholic Church and January 8 (21) in Orthodox Church. Cyrus was placed on the patriarchal throne in 705 by Emperor Justinian II, as a replacement for the deposed Patriarch Callinicus I. Soon after Justinian's decline and eventual fall in December 711, Kyros was replaced by the new Emperor Philippicus with Patriarch John VI, who shared Philippicus' Monothelite sympathies.

Saint

Cyrus
The Borradaile Triptych, ivory, Constantinople, c. 900–1000 AD (bequeathed by C. Borradaile).[note 1]
Patriarch of Constantinople
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
FeastJanuary 8 (Orthodoxy)
January 7 (Catholicism)
Saint

Kyros of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Installed705
Term ended712
PredecessorSt. Callinicus I
SuccessorJohn VI
Personal details
DenominationChalcedonian Christianity

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  1. ^ Motives: Central panel carved with the Crucifixion, the Virgin and St John, and above, the half-length figures of the archangels Michael and Gabriel; on the left leaf, from top to bottom: St Kyros; St George and St Theodore Stratilates; St Menas and St Prokopios; on the right leaf: St John; St Eustathius and St Clement of Ankyra; St Stephen and St Kyrion. On the reverse are two inscribed crosses and roundels containing busts of Sts Joachim and Anna in the centres, with Sts Basil and Barbara, and John the Persian and Thekla at the terminals.

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  • Santiebeati:Kyros of Constantinople
Titles of Chalcedonian Christianity
Preceded by Patriarch of Constantinople
706–712
Succeeded by