Theodosius I Boradiotes

Theodosius I Boradiotes (born, Antioch—died after 1183, Constantinople) was a Greek Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople (1179–83), an inflexible opponent of the Muslim religion, critic of union with the Latin Church of the West, and guardian of Orthodox morality at the Byzantine court. Of Armenian stock, Theodosius came to the partiarchal throne early in 1179. An open dispute arose concerning the oath of recantation required of Muslim converts to Christianity. The conservative Byzantine churchmen, including Theodosius...