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(Redirected from Patriarch Antony IV of Constantinople) Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1389 to 1390 and 1391 to 1397
Antony IV of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
In officeJanuary 1389 – July 1390
March 1391 – May 1397
PredecessorNilus of Constantinople, Macarius of Constantinople
SuccessorMacarius of Constantinople, Callistus II of Constantinople
Personal details
DiedMay 1397

Antony IV (Greek: Ἀντώνιος; died May 1397) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for two terms, from January 1389 to July 1390, and again from early 1391 until his death.

He was originally a hieromonk, possibly from the Dionysiou monastery in Mount Athos. He was deposed during the usurpation of John VII Palaiologos in April 1390, and replaced by Macarius, who had already served in the office in 1377–1379. After the restoration of John V Palaiologos and Manuel II Palaiologos a few months later, he was restored to his post.

He is notable for his correspondence with Jagiello, Grand Duke of Lithuania, urging him to join in a crusade against the Turks along with the Hungarians, and with Basil I of Muscovy, to whom he defended not only the universal spiritual authority of the Constantinopolitan patriarchate, but also the universal authority of the Byzantine emperors, regardless of the actual diminished state of the Byzantine Empire.

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Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded byNilus Patriarch of Constantinople
1389–1390
Succeeded byMacarius
Preceded byMacarius Patriarch of Constantinople
1391–1397
Succeeded byCallistus II
Bishops of Byzantium and Patriarchs of Constantinople
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(Roman period, 38–330 AD)
Archbishops of Constantinople
(Roman period, 330–451 AD)
Patriarchs of Constantinople
(Byzantine period, 451–1453 AD)
Patriarchs of Constantinople
(Ottoman period, 1453–1923 AD)
Patriarchs of Constantinople
(Turkish period, since 1923 AD)


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