Ignatios of Constantinople

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

Ignatius or Ignatios (Greek: Ἰγνάτιος; c. 798 – 23 October 877) was a Patriarch of Constantinople from July 4, 847, to October 23, 858, and from November 23, 867, to his death on October 23, 877.^[1] In the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox churches, he is regarded as a saint, with a feast day of October 23.