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[[Image:PatrSofronios-III-IV.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Patriarch Sophronius III of Constantinople 1863 - 1866 <br> Patriarch Sophronius IV of Alexandria 1870 - 1899]]

Little is known of the early life of Patr. Sophronius. In 1866, he became involved in a dispute that the [[Archbishop]] of Sinai, Cyril Byzantius, had with his [[monk]]s. To obtain help in settling the dispute Abp. Cyril approached, by letter, the [[Patriarch]] of Constantinople instead of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, who had traditionally enthroned the ruling [[bishop]] of Sinai. Patr. Sophronius supported Abp. Cyril against the monks, but the Patriarch of Jerusalem objected to this interference by [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] in the affairs at [[Mount Sinai]], noting his, the Patriarch of Constantinople's, "anti-canonical interference and his foreign and unknown authority", <ref>[[http://www.scribd.com/doc/3278320/Patriarchs-of-Constantinople]] Claude Delaval Cobham, ''The Patriarchs of Constantinople'', Adrian Fortescue, Introduction I, p38</ref> and summoned a [[synod]]. The synod supported the Patriarch of Jerusalem and [[deposition|deposed]] Abp. Cyril, and also Patr. Sophronius resigned from the [[see]] in Constantinople.