Paul IV of Constantinople, known as Paul the New (Greek: Παῦλος; died December 784), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 780 to 784.[1] He had once opposed the veneration of icons but urged the calling of an ecumenical council to address the iconoclast controversy. Later, he resigned and retired to a monastery due to old age and illness. He was succeeded by Tarasios of Constantinople,[2] who was a lay administrator at the time.

Paul IV is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and his feast day is celebrated on 30 August.

Notes and references

  1. ^ J. M. Hussey (1986), The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire, Clarendon Press, Oxford.
  2. ^ St. Tarasius, "In 784 when Paul IV Patriarch of Constantinople died Tarasios was an imperial secretary and a champion of the veneration of images".
Titles of Chalcedonian Christianity
Preceded by Patriarch of Constantinople
780 – 784
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