Ignatios of Constantinople

Saint Ignatius of Constantinople
Ignatius of Constantinople, Northern tympanon, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Born	798 Constantinople
Died	23 October 877(877-10-23) (aged 78–79) Constantinople
Venerated in	Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Feast	23 October

Ignatius of Constantinople (Greek: Ἰγνάτιος; died 23 October 877) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 847 to 858 and from 867 to 877. Ignatius lived during a complex time for the Byzantine Empire. The Iconoclast Controversy was ongoing, Boris I of Bulgaria converted to Christianity in 864, and the Roman pontiffs repeatedly challenged the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Eastern Church in Bulgaria. As patriarch, Ignatius denounced iconoclasm, secured jurisdiction over Bulgaria for the Eastern Church, and played an important role in conflicts over papal supremacy.