The Antiochian patriarchs who bore the name Ignatius
Before the era of our current Patriarch, His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV, the Church of Antioch knew three patriarchs who took the name Ignatius.
Before the era of our current Patriarch, His Beatitude Patriarch Ignatius IV, the Church of Antioch knew three patriarchs who took the name Ignatius.
858-867 and 877-886 Nicholas and Photius: (861-867) Michael III sent the works of this first and second council to Pope Nicholas with one of his scribes, Leo.
858-867 and 877-886 Persecution of Photius and his release: (870-873) Basil ordered Photius to be exiled, so he was removed to the monastery of Scapei in the Bosphorus and placed under surveillance.