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Clement of Constantinople

Clement of Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1667


Clement (Greek: Κλήμης; died after 1667) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for 42 days in 1667.

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He was the metropolitan of Iconium when he was elected Patriarch on 9 September 1667. He was an uneducated and brusque person and his election was not recognised. The Holy Synod protested to Sultan Mehmet IV, who dismissed him on 21 October 1667.

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