Antimus VI, Patriarch of Constantinople

ANTIMO VI, patriarch of COSTANTINOPOLI. - He occupied the patriarchal throne three times, in the years 1845-48, 1853-55, and 1871-73, after having been a monk on Athos and metropolitan of Seres, Brusa, and Efeso; he died in 1878. In 1848, in reply to the encyclical of Pio IX In suprema Petri Apostoli Sede (6 Jan. 1848), which invited the separated Orientals to union, A. published, together with the patriarchs Ieroteo of Alessandria, Metodio of Antiochia, and Cirillo of Gerusalemme, the so-called Encyclical of the Patriarchs, although the true author of the letter was Costantino Sinaita, formerly patriarch of Costantinopoli (1830-34). In the Encyclical of the Patriarchs, the Papacy and the “ambition” of the Church of Rome are presented as a collection of doctrinal errors and reprehensible liturgical and canonical practices.