ANTHONY III STUDITES, Patriarch of Constantinople. - A Studite monk, he became syncellus of the patriarch Basil. When the latter resigned because he supported the Pope of Rome against the antipope Boniface VII, a guest of the Byzantine court, he, already advanced in years, agreed to occupy the vacant post (March 974). Leo the Deacon praised his gentleness and his moderation (PG 117, 892); but for having defended the ecclesiastical liberties won by Polyeuctus (969) he too had to resign (before April 979). He died shortly afterwards (979). An exhortation of his to monks on confession survives (in Νέα Σύση, 2 [1905], 807-15); under his rule the Menologion known as that of the emperor Basil was composed, of which the Vatican Library possesses a luxurious illuminated copy.

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BIBL.: G. Schlumberger, L'Épopée byzantine à la fin du Xᵉ siècle, Paris 1896, pp. 446-54; V. Grumel, Les Reçestes des Actes du Patriarcat de Constantinople, I, Kadiköy 1936, p. 228.

Alfonso Raes

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Anthony III Studites, Patriarch of Constantinople

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