Maximus IV of Constantinople

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Maximus IV
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Church Church of Constantinople
Appointed early 1491
Term ended early 1497
Predecessor Dionysius I
Successor Nephon II
Personal details
Previous post Metropolitan of Serres

Maximus IV (Greek: Μάξιμος Δ΄), previously known as Manasses (Greek: Μανασσής), was an Orthodox Christian monk and bishop. He was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1491 to 1497.

Life

He was abbot of the Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos before being appointed by Patriarch Symeon I of Constantinople as Metropolitan bishop of Serres, which he governed under the religious name of Manasses.

In the first months of 1491 he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople with the support of the monks of Mount Athos.[1]:{{{3}}} On his election he changed his name to Maximus, an unparalleled case in the history of the Ecumenical Patriarchate[2]:{{{3}}} because usually a monastic name is maintained throughout an ecclesiastic career. As Patriarch he defended the rights of Orthodox Christians living in territories under the Venetian Republic.[3]:{{{3}}}

During his reign arose some pieces of gossip about him, not specified by the sources, which led to his deposition in early 1497.[4]:{{{3}}}

After his resignation he remained actively involved with ecclesiastic issues, even plotting against his successor Nephon II, until he was forced to retire in the Vatopedi monastery, where he died at an unknown date.[5]:{{{3}}}

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