Germanus (3)
Germanus
the name of three patriarchs of Constantinople. I. The first was transferred from the see of Cyzicus to that of Constantinople in 715, and was a zealous defender of image-worship, for which he was degraded, in a council held at Constantinople in 730. He died in 740, and was anathematized by a council at Constantinople, fourteen years afterwards (754). A treatise of his, , etc., may be found in H. Justel’s Bibliotheca Canonica, and in Le Moyne, Varia Sacra: there also remain some letters and homilies of his (Bib. Max. Patr. 17, 20). His remains are all given in Migne, Patrologia Graeca, tom. 98. See also Fabricius, Bibliotheca Graeca, ed. Harles, 11:155; Ceillier, Auteurs Sacres (Paris, 1862), 11:36 sq.
II. Germanus the younger, a monk of the Propontis, who became patriarch in 1222; but as Constantinople was then in the hands of the Latins, he resided at Nicaea, in Bithynia. He corresponded with pope Gregory IX, in hope of bringing about a union between the Eastern and Roman churches, but in vain. He was deposed in 1240, restored again to his see in 1254, and died in 1255. His Epistles and Homilies are given by Miane, Patrologia Graeca, tom. 140.
III. Germaus, bishop of Adrianople, became patriarch of Constantinople in 1267. He accepted the honor with great reluctance, and resigned it in a few months, to retire to a monastery. Neander, Ch. Hist. 3:203; Fabricius, Bibl. Graeca, 7:10; 8:84; 11:162; Cave, Hist. Lit. 1:621; 2:289; Hoefer, Nouv. Biographie Generale, 20:238.
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Germanus (2)
a Scotch prelate, was probably the first bishop of the Isles, and was appointed by St. Patrick, the apostle of Ireland, in 447. To him the cathedral church of the Isle of Man, within the precincts of Peel Castle, is dedicated. See Keith, Scottish Bishops, page 295.
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Germanus (3)
archbishop of Patras, one of the promoters of the Greek insurrection, was born about 1771 at Dimizana, in Arcadia, and died in 1827. He was secretary and deacon to the metropolitan of Argolis, then to Gregory V, patriarch of Constantinople, and finally to the archbishop of Cyzicus. In 1806 he became archbishop of Patras. When Ali Pasha provoked the insurrection of the Greeks, Germanus put himself at the head of the insurgent party, and ever since his name has been connected with the history of that period. In the interest of Greece he went in 1822 to Italy. He sought the protection of the great powers then assembled at the Verona Congress. When the provisional government was created, Germanus was appointed minister of religious affairs, and held this office till his death. See Pouqueville, Histoire de la Regeneration de la Grece; Philimon, History of the Greek Insurrection; Goudas, Contemporary Biographies (Athens, 1872, the last two works written in Greek); Moshakis, in Lichtenberger, Encyclop. des Sciences Religieuses, s.v. (B.P.)