RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Photios I of Constantinople

900 - 896

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Photios I (Greek: Φώτιος, Phōtios; c. 815 – 6 February 893), also spelled Photius (), was the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Photios I of Constantinople has received more than 453,625 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Photios I of Constantinople is the 359th most popular religious figure (down from 281st in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 109th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

The Hagia Sophia is the most famous building in Constantinople. It was built in the 600s CE and was the largest church in the world for over a thousand years. It was converted into a mosque in 1453, but it is still a major tourist attraction.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Photios I of Constantinople ranks 359 out of 3,187Before him are Pope Silverius, Pope Innocent IV, Caiaphas, Belshazzar, Umm Salama, and Sarah Baartman. After him are Philip Neri, Pope Leo VII, Sathya Sai Baba, Saint Spyridon, Al-Mansur, and Pope Anastasius I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Photios I of Constantinople ranks 4Before him are Ivar the Boneless, Gorm the Old, and Oleg of Novgorod. After him are Pope Leo VII, Pope Benedict VI, Pope Lando, Pope Agapetus II, Halfdan Ragnarsson, Ahmad ibn Fadlan, Pope Stephen VIII, and Robert the Strong. Among people deceased in 896, Photios I of Constantinople ranks 2Before him is Pope Formosus. After him are Pope Boniface VI, Abu Hanifa Dinawari, Hastein, Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, and Ermengard of Italy.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Photios I of Constantinople ranks 118 out of 1,347Before him are Abdullah Öcalan (1949), Gordian I (159), Chrysippus (-281), Basil II (958), Constantine V (718), and Malhun Hatun (1350). After him are Kara Mustafa Pasha (1634), Michael III (840), John I Tzimiskes (925), Artemisia I of Caria (-500), Mesrop Mashtots (361), and Sabbatai Zevi (1626).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Photios I of Constantinople ranks 16Before him are Saint Pantaleon (275), Ephrem the Syrian (306), Ignatius of Antioch (35), Irenaeus (130), Bartholomew I of Constantinople (1940), and Gregory of Nyssa (335). After him are Sabbatai Zevi (1626), Parascheva of the Balkans (1000), Simeon Stylites (389), Fethullah Gülen (1941), Saint Nino (296), and Thecla (100).