December 1063-1075 A.D. John VIII Xiphilinos—Constantinople’s 104th

December 1063-1075 A.D.  John VIII Xiphilinos—Constantinople’s 104^th

Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople

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John VIII Xiphilinos (Greek: Ιωάννης Η΄ Ξιφιλίνος), a native of Trebizond, was patriarch of Constantinople from 1064–1075. He was the uncle of John Xiphilinos the Epimator. John VIII also wrote a hagiography of Saint Eugenios of Trebizond.^[1]

References

1.      Jump up^ William Miller, Trebizond: The last Greek Empire of the Byzantine Era: 1204-1461, 1926 (Chicago: Argonaut, 1969), p. 11

 

Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Constantine III Leichoudes	Patriarch of Constantinople 1064–1075	Succeeded by Cosmas I