Gregory III of Constantinople | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Church | Church of Constantinople |
In office | Summer 1445 – Summer 1450 |
Predecessor | Metrophanes II of Constantinople |
Successor | Athanasius II of Constantinople |
Personal details | |
Born | Before c. 1420 |
Died | 1459 Rome, Papal States |
Denomination | Eastern Catholic Churches Eastern Orthodox Church (Before 1449) |
Sainthood | |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Title as Saint | Wonderworker |
Canonized | 1459 Papal State by Pius II |
Patronage | Catholic-Eastern Orthodox Reunification |
Gregory III of Constantinople, (surnamed Mammis or Μammas, Greek: Γρηγόριος Μαμμῆς; before c. 1420 – 1459), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople within the Church of Constantinople during the period 1445–1450. He was prominent in unsuccessful initiatives toward reunification with the Catholic Church.