RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Cyril Lucaris

1572 - 1638

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Cyril I of Constantinople (Cyril Lucaris or Kyrillos Loukaris (Greek: Κύριλλος Λούκαρις; 13 November 1572 – 27 June 1638) was a Greek prelate and theologian, and a native of Heraklion, Crete (then under the Republic of Venice). He later became the Greek Patriarch of Alexandria as Cyril III and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Cyril I. He has been said to have attempted a reform of the Eastern Orthodox Church along Calvinist Protestant lines. Attempts to bring Calvinism into the Orthodox Church were rejected, and Cyril I's actions, motivations, and specific viewpoints remain a matter of debate among scholars. Cyril I is locally venerated as a hieromartyr in the Alexandrian Orthodox Church; the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria glorified Loukaris on 6 October 2009, and his memory is commemorated on 27 June. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cyril Lucaris is the 1,456th most popular religious figure (down from 914th in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 273rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular Greek Religious Figure.

Cyril Lucaris was a theologian, and he was most famous for his opposition to the teachings of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Cyril Lucaris ranks 1,456 out of 3,187. Before him are Marcellin Champagnat, Abbé Faria, Clemens August of Bavaria, Beatrice of Silva, Adam Rainer, and Isaac of Armenia. After him are Ahijah the Shilonite, Marcello Semeraro, Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, Franjo Šeper, Paschal Baylón, and 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah.

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Among people born in 1572, Cyril Lucaris ranks 13. Before him are Susenyos I, Izumo no Okuni, Cornelis Drebbel, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, and Marie Elisabeth of France. After him are Fakhr al-Din II, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Tomkins, and Bartholomew Gosnold. Among people deceased in 1638, Cyril Lucaris ranks 14. Before him are Johannes Althusius, Amakusa Shirō, Willem Blaeu, Cornelis van Haarlem, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, and George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. After him are Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, Hercules Seghers, Barbara Longhi, Paulus Moreelse, Georg Flegel, and Jacques Blanchard.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Cyril Lucaris ranks 393 out of 1,024. Before him are Dionysius of Corinth (150), Campaspe (-400), Demosthenes (-412), Archidamus III (-350), Coroebus of Elis (-800), and Aristobulus of Cassandreia (-375). After him are Demaratus of Corinth (-700), Stavros Niarchos (1909), Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria (1954), Simeon Uroš (1326), Demades (-380), and Theopompus of Sparta (-800).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Greece

Among religious figures born in Greece, Cyril Lucaris ranks 29. Before him are Aristides of Athens (150), Gregory III of Constantinople (1450), Anastasios of Albania (1929), Meletius IV of Constantinople (1871), Philotheus I of Constantinople (1300), and Dionysius of Corinth (150). After him are Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria (1954), Demophon of Eleusis (null), Aristarchus of Thessalonica (5), Nephon II of Constantinople (1450), Christodoulos of Athens (1939), and Eugenios Voulgaris (1716).

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