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Michael Cerularius

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time c. 1000–1058 Also known as Michael Cerularius、Michael I Cerularius、Μιχαὴλ Κηρουλάριος

Patriarch of Constantinople (1043–1058), in 1054 he and Pope Leo IX exchanged mutual excommunications, regarded as the symbolic starting point of the…

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  1. c. 1000–1042Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireA native of Constantinople, he rose gradually through the church hierarchy, accumulating significant political influence before 1043 in preparation for becoming patriarch.
  2. 1051–1058Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireAs patriarch he directed Orthodox affairs in the 1050s. On July 16, 1054, because differences with the Roman pope over ecclesiastical authority, liturgy, and the Filioque were irreconcilable, the two sides exchanged excommunications, known in history as the Great Schism. Between 1051 and 1058 he also handled issues such as union with the Armenian Church.
  3. 1058Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireIn 1058 he was deposed by Emperor Isaac I Komnenos for political reasons, immediately exiled or placed under house arrest, and died the same year; the patriarchal throne passed to Constantine III Lichoudas.

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