Tarasios of Constantinople


Tarasios of Constantinople
Icon of Saint Tarasios, Patriarch of Constantinople (Johann Conrad Dorner, 1848–1852)
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Bornc. 730
Constantinople
Died25 February 806
Constantinople
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church,
Catholic Church
CanonizedPre-congregation
Feast18 February (Catholic Church) (General Roman Calendar)[1]
25 February (Eastern Orthodox Churches)
AttributesVested as a bishop with omophorion often holding a Gospel book with his right hand raised in blessing

Tarasios of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Installed25 December 784
Term ended25 February 806
PredecessorPaul IV of Constantinople
SuccessorNicephorus I of Constantinople
Personal details
Bornc. 730
Died25 February 806
DenominationChalcedonian Christianity

Tarasios of Constantinople (also Saint Tarasius and Saint Tarasios; Greek: Ταράσιος; c. 730 – 25 February 806) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 25 December 784 until his death on 25 February 806.

  1. ^ Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001, ISBN 88-209-7210-7).

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