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His All Holiness '''Neophytus VII of Constantinople''', also '''Neophytos VII''', was Patriarch of Constantinople for two periods, from 1789 to 1794 and from 1798 to 1801. After his first [[deposition]] he was banished to the island of Rhodes , and after the second he was banished to [[Mount Athos]].
In 1792, Patr. Neophytus disputed the installation by the Russians of Gavril_BănulescuGavril Bănulescu-Bodoni as [[Metropolitan]] of Moldavia during the Russian occupation of Moldavia. He forcefully removed him after the Treaty of Iasi.
Patr. Neophytus blessed the [[The Rudder|Pedalion]] (Rudder) that was updated by [[Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain|Nikodemos Hagiorites]].
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{{succession|
before=[[Prokopius I of Constantinople|Procopius I]]|
title=[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]]|
years= 1789-1794 |
after=Gerasimus III}}
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before=[[Gregory V of Constantinople|GregoryVGregory V]]|
title=Patriarch of Constantinople|
years= 1798-1801|
after=Callinicus IVV}}
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[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category: Patriarchs of Constantinople]]
[[Category: 18th-19th-century bishops]]
[[Category:19th-century saints]]
