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Athanasius I of Constantinople

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His All Holiness '''Athanasius I''' was the Patriarch of Constantinople for two periods: from 1289 to 1293 and from 1303 to 1309. He opposed the reunion efforts between [[Roman Catholic Church|Rome]] and [[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]] current at the time,.
Little is known of the early life of Athanasius. He was born in Adrianpole in the year 1230. He was chosen to be [[patriarch]] by Emperor Andronicus II Palaeologus in 1289. Athanasius I was a member of the anti-reunion faction in the divided groups of [[clergy]] in Constantinople that had been debating the efforts for re-union made by the Roman Catholic Church following the abortive meeting at the Second Council of Lyon in 1274.
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