HyperDic: photius

English > 1 sense of the word *Photius*:
NOUN	person	Photius	Patriarch of Constantinople and saint of the Greek Orthodox Church

English > *Photius*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	Patriarch of Constantinople and saint of the Greek Orthodox Church; was condemned by the Fourth Council of Constantinople in 869 but was reinstated / reinstated by a later pope.
Instance of	patriarch	title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)