RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Athenagoras I of Constantinople

1886 - 1972

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Athenagoras I of Constantinople (Greek: Αθηναγόρας Αʹ), born Aristocles Matthaiou Spyrou (Greek: Αριστοκλής Ματθαίου Σπύρου; 6 April 1886 (25 March) – 7 July 1972), was Greek Orthodox Archbishop of North and South America from 1930 to 1948 and the 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1948 to 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Athenagoras I of Constantinople is the 534th most popular religious figure (up from 709th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Greece (up from 180th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Greek Religious Figure.

Athenagoras I of Constantinople is most famous for his letter to emperor Hadrian, in which he defended Christianity against accusations of atheism.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Athenagoras I of Constantinople ranks 534 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope John VI, Talhah, Suger, Anastasia of Sirmium, Desmond Tutu, and Jean-Louis Tauran. After him are Dorothea of Caesarea, Pope Caius, Dominic Savio, Saint Titus, Aloysius Gonzaga, and William Laud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Athenagoras I of Constantinople ranks 16. Before him are Jean Arp, Sergey Kirov, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Karl von Frisch, and Ernst Thälmann. After him are Marc Bloch, Karl Barth, René Guénon, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Theodor Morell, and Gotthard Heinrici. Among people deceased in 1972, Athenagoras I of Constantinople ranks 15. Before him are Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Neilia Hunter Biden, Kwame Nkrumah, Paul-Henri Spaak, Igor Sikorsky, and Franz Halder. After him are Asta Nielsen, J. Edgar Hoover, Paul Hausser, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Georg von Békésy, and Max Theiler.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Athenagoras I of Constantinople ranks 114 out of 1,024. Before him are Aristides (-550), Agrippina the Elder (-14), Eleftherios Venizelos (1864), Melina Mercouri (1920), Pheidippides (-600), and Mahfiruz Hatun (1590). After him are Berenice I of Egypt (-340), Polycrates (-600), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Saint Titus (13), Critias (-460), and Phryne (-371).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Athenagoras I of Constantinople ranks 8. Before him are Pope Sixtus II (215), Pope Eleutherius (171), Pope Dionysius (200), Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270), Pope Hyginus (100), and Dionysius the Areopagite (100). After him are Saint Titus (13), Philomena (291), Antipope Alexander V (1339), Saint Giles (640), Porphyry of Gaza (347), and Phoebe (50).

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