About Callinicus I of Constantinople
Lived 640 – 706 (aged 65–66). Callinicus I of Constantinople was a Byzantine eastern Orthodox priest.
Callinicus I of Constantinople (Greek: Καλλινίκος; died November 711) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 693 to 705.
Callinicus I helped to depose Emperor Justinian II and place Leontius on the Byzantine throne.
Upon Justinian II's triumphant return to Constantinople and reinstatement as Emperor, Callinicus I was arrested and blinded before being imprisoned in a monastery.
He is recognized as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church; his feast day is celebrated on 23 August.
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Patriarch of Constantinople
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Callinicus I of Constantinople was born in 640.
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Callinicus I of Constantinople died in 706 in Rome.
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Callinicus I of Constantinople was an eastern Orthodox priest.
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Callinicus I of Constantinople was Byzantine.
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