Photios I of Constantinople
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Photios I of Constantinople was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 858 to 867 and from 877 to 886. He is recognized in the Eastern Orthodox Church as 'Saint Photius the Great'.
The trial of Photius, miniature from the 12th century Madrid Skylitzes
Bibliotheca (Photius)
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The Bibliotheca or Myriobiblos was a ninth-century work of Byzantine Patriarch of Constantinople Photius, dedicated to his brother and composed of 279 reviews of books which he had read.
Photios I of Constantinople
…of a civil government. And to keep this place Photios I descended to the lowest depth of deceit". The most important of the works of Photios I is his Bibliotheca or Myriobiblon, a collection of extracts and abridgements of 280 volumes of previous authors (usually cited as Codices), the originals of which are now…
Cover of Bibliotheca