Editing Stephen I of Constantinople

{{Short description|Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 886 to 893}}
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| name             = Stephen I of Constantinople
| patriarch_of     = [[List of ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]]
| image            = Stephen I of Constantinople.jpg
| caption          = Stephen I as depicted in the 12th century ''[[Madrid Skylitzes]]''
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| enthroned        = 18 December 886
| ended            = 18 May 893
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| predecessor      = [[Photios I of Constantinople]]
| successor        = [[Antony II of Constantinople]]
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| birth_date       = November 867
| birth_place      = Constantinople
| death_date       = 18 May 893
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| religion         = [[Chalcedonian Christianity]]
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| parents          = [[Eudokia Ingerina]]<br />[[Basil I]] (official) or [[Michael III]] (possibly biologically)
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[[File:Seal of Stephen, Patriarch of Constantinople.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Lead seal of "Stephen, Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome", either of Stephen I or of Stephen II]]

'''Stephen I of Constantinople''' ({{langx|el|Στέφανος}}, ''Stefanos''; November 867 – 18 May 893) was the [[list of ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]] from 886 to 893.

Born at [[Constantinople]], Stephen was the son of [[Eudokia Ingerina]] and, officially, Emperor [[Basil I]]. However, at the time when he was conceived, Eudokia was the mistress of Emperor [[Michael III]]. Consequently, it is most probable that like his older brother [[Leo VI the Wise]], Stephen was Michael's son.

Castrated by Basil I, Stephen became a monk and was designated for a career in the church since his childhood. In 886, his brother, the new Emperor Leo VI, dismissed Patriarch [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photios I]] and appointed the 19-year-old Stephen  in his stead.<ref>[https://oca.org/saints/lives/2016/05/17/101411-st-stephen-the-archbishop-of-constantinople ''St. Stephen the Archbishop of Constantinople'']</ref>

As patriarch, Stephen I participated in the ceremonial reburial of Michael III by [[Leo VI the Wise|Leo VI]] in the imperial mausoleum attached to the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]] in Constantinople. He acquired a reputation for piety, and died in May 893 at the age of 25. His [[feast day]] in the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] is on [[May 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|18 May]].<ref>{{in lang|el}} ''[http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/3249/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Στέφανος Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως]'', 18 Μαΐου, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref>

== Notes and references ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium}}

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| before = [[Photius I of Constantinople|Photius I]]
| title  = [[List of ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]]
| years  = 886 - 893
| after  = [[Antony II of Constantinople|Antony II]]
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