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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1380 to 1388
Nilus of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Nilus installing Pimen as metropolitan of Kiev, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century)
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
In officespring 1380 – 1 February 1388
PredecessorMacarius of Constantinople
SuccessorAntony IV of Constantinople
Personal details
Died1 February 1388

Nilus Kerameus (Greek: Νεῖλος Κεραμεύς; died 1 February 1388) was Patriarch of Constantinople between spring 1380 and 1388. He was a Hesychast.

Career

In 1380, he convened a synod to decide the metropolitanate of Moscow, choosing Bulgarian-born Hesychast Cyprian (1336–1406).

In 1382, Stephen of Perm wrote a letter to Nilus concerning the Strigolniki schism.

References

  1. Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο (in Greek). Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  2. "СТРИГОЛЬНИКИ • Большая российская энциклопедия - электронная версия". bigenc.ru. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded byMacarius Patriarch of Constantinople
1380–1388
Succeeded byAntony IV
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(Byzantine period, 451–1453 AD)
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(Ottoman period, 1453–1923 AD)
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