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Sifilino, Giovanni VIII, Patriarch of Constantinople

SIFILINO, GIOVANNI VIII, PATRIARCA DI COSTANTINOPOLI

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Also known as: John VIII Xiphilinus, John Xiphilinus, Xiphilinos; Italian: Giovanni Xifilino, Xifilino; Latin: Ioannes Xiphilinos, Joannes Xiphilinus, Xiphilinus

SIFILINO, Giovanni VIII, Patriarch of Constantinople. - Born between the years 1010 and 1012 at Trebizond, died 2 August 1075 at Constantinople.

He was director of the legal section of the imperial Academy of Constantinople. Raised to the dignity of patriarch in 1064, he developed ecclesiastical reforms in matrimonial legislation and was distinguished for his pastoral zeal; he also labored for the union of the Armenians. Michael Psellus delivered his funeral oration on account of the close relations he had had with him; just as S. had introduced Michael Psellus to legal science, so the latter taught him philosophy. S. left homilies and decrees (PG 120, 1201-92).

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BIBL.: V. Grumel, Les regentes des actes du patriarchat de Constantinople, I, 3, Paris 1947, nos. 893-906, pp. 20-27; Krumbacher, 433-44; H. Fuchs, Die höheren Schulen von Konstantinopel im Mittelalter, Leipzig 1926; E. Stollreiter, Johannes VIII. Xiphilinus, in LThK, V, col. 537.

Giorgio Hofmann

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 559.

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Hofmann, Giorgio. “Sifilino, giovanni viii, patriarca di costantinopoli.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 559. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/sifilino-giovanni-viii-patriarca-di-costantinopoli.

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Hofmann, Giorgio. “Sifilino, giovanni viii, patriarca di costantinopoli.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 559. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/sifilino-giovanni-viii-patriarca-di-costantinopoli.

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  author    = {Hofmann, Giorgio},
  title     = {Sifilino, giovanni viii, patriarca di costantinopoli},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {559},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/sifilino-giovanni-viii-patriarca-di-costantinopoli}
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