Theophanes I of Constantinople

Theophanes I of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Church	Church of Constantinople
In office	August 1596 – February 1597
Predecessor	Gabriel I of Constantinople
Successor	Meletius I Pegas
Personal details
Born	?
Died	26 March 1597

Theophanes Karykes (Greek: Θεοφάνης; died 26 March 1597) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (as Theophanes I) from August 1596 to February 1597. He died only three weeks after leaving office. He was previously the metropolitan of Philippopolis, a protopsaltes and composer of hymns.

Bibliography

• Venance Grumel, Traité d'études byzantines, vol. I : La chronologie, Presses universitaires de France, Paris, 1958, p. 438.
• Nicolas Viton de Saint-Allais, L'art de vérifier les dates, tome I, Paris, 1818, p. 494.