January 1084-1111
A.D. Nicholas III
Grammaticus—Constantinople’s 107th;
Condemned Bogomils; Resisted Filioque & Papal Supremacy
Patriarch Nicholas
III of Constantinople
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By nature a conciliarist,
Nicholas was immediately presented with a number of delicate and difficult
issues. He took the emperor's side in the case of Leo of Chalcedon, who protested over Alexios' confiscation of
church treasures to alleviate the financial strain the Byzantine-Norman
Wars had caused, which was resolved when he presided over the Council of Constantinople (1094). He was also prominent in the fight against doctrinal heresy, for instance Nicholas condemned as heretical the Bogomil leader Basil the
Physician. But he was very cautious in
the ongoing conflict between the provincialmetropolitans and the Patriarchate. In spite of some hostile opposition from the
clergy of Hagia Sophia, he ended up supporting Niketas of Ankyra against the emperor's right to elevate metropolitans, and exerted a great deal of energy trying to
restrict the influence of the Chartophylax. Nicholas was also very concerned with
ecclesiastical discipline. He wrote a monastic Rule for Mount Athos monastery, while ordering the removal of the Vlachs from Mount Athos. He also rigorously enforced the regulations around
fasting.
Nicholas died in April or May
1111 at Constantinople.
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