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Photius

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[foh-shee-uhs] / ˈfoʊ ʃi əs /

noun

  1. a.d. c820–891, patriarch of Constantinople 858–867, 877–882.


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For Photius, Metropolitan of Dercos, 17 out of 18 of the Holy Synod voted.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hence the charge of impiety which Photius brings against him.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

We have their authors from Hesiod to Photius, and still lower down; a library superior to that of any modern nation; for the trash has been swept away.

From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby

The most important monument of Byzantine philology is, perhaps, the Library of the patriarch Photius.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

Adrian II. took advantage from the disgrace of Photius to renew against him the anathemas of Nicholas.

From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois

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