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Hierarch · 10th century

Tryphon Patriarch of Constantinople

Also known as Tryphon the Patriarch

A monk renowned for meekness who was made Patriarch of Constantinople (928-931); deceived into resigning when the emperor's young son came of age, he returned to his monastery and reposed as a simple monk in 933.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; orthodoxwiki.org