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Meletios

Archbishop of Athens (1918–1920), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1921–1923) and Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (1926–1935)
Person human Q919288

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[13]
Date of birth
September 21, 1871
Date of death
July 28, 1935
Place of birth
Metaxochori
Place of death
Alexandria
Country of citizenship
Ottoman Empire[8]
Occupation
Eastern Orthodox priest, patriarch
Position held
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria[9][10][11]
Religion or worldview
Eastern Orthodoxy[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Modern Greek[16]
Depicted by
Bust of Patriarch Meletios, Ierapetra[15]
Given name
Emmanouil[14]
Place of burial
Cairo[7]
Religious name
Μελέτιος[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Meletios ar ميليتيوس ميتاكساكيس el Μελέτιος Μεταξάκης es Melecio IV Metaxakis fr Mélétios Métaxakis fr Melece Metaxakis fr Mélèce (Métaxakis) fr Mélétios IV de Constantinople he מלטיוס הרביעי hu IV. Meletiosz konstantinápolyi pátriárka it Emmanouīl Metaxakīs it Emmanuel Métaxakis it Melezio II di Alessandria it Melezio IV it Melezio IV di Costantinopoli ja メレティオス・メタクサキス nl Meletius II van Alexandrie nl Meletius II van Alexandrië nl Meletius IV van Constantinopel pl Melecjusz IV Metaksakis
🔖 Identifiers · 26
ISNI
0000000054762829
VIAF cluster ID
7280460, 526159474178927661254
Library of Congress authority ID
nr95018255
GND ID
13727856X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Patriarch Meletius IV of Constantinople.jpg ↗
Academy of Athens authority ID
73293
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
17961921m
CiNii Research ID
1980023484825049100
Cyprus Bibliography ID
8148
Drevo Encyclopedia ID
6278
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Meletios-IV-Metaxakis
FAST ID
356169
Show all 26 identifiers +14
Freebase ID
/m/0ckl0d
IdRef ID
276708695
IntraText author ID
620
IxTheo authority ID
694999555
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA13336547
National Library of Greece ID
45440
Orthodox Encyclopedia ID
2562854
OrthodoxWiki ID (English)
9901
Parsifal cluster ID
617193, 931179
Prabook ID
2418524
SBN author ID
TO0V697566
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/373171, 495/231171
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PCjrPxgY74DDmMwX6M4tmHP
Yale LUX ID
person/17ee98d4-134b-4cfc-9ac7-80cb9b879fe3

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Country of citizenship 1
Ottoman Empire
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Modern Greek
Occupation 1
Eastern Orthodox priest
Place of burial 1
Cairo
Place of death 1
Alexandria
Position held 1
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Religion or worldview 1
Eastern Orthodoxy
Sex or gender 1
male
← Consecrator 1
Herman
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Summary

Meletios was born on September 21, 1871[1], in Metaxochori[2]. He died on July 28, 1935[3], in Alexandria[4]. He worked as an Eastern Orthodox priest[5] and patriarch[6].

FAQs

Where was Meletios born?

Meletios's place of birth was Metaxochori[2].

Where did Meletios die?

Meletios died in Alexandria[4].

What did Meletios do for work?

Meletios worked as an Eastern Orthodox priest[5] and patriarch[6].

Related Entities

Alexandria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . general catalog of BnF. gallica.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 5d ago · Qyayoor · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → TO0V697566
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  3. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 24
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'hu', 'id', 'i
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  4. 18w ago · Bargioni · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 617193, 931179
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39443|batch #39443]]: sync P12458"
  5. 18w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 617193, 931179
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Parsifal cluster ID: 931179, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259862|batch #259862]]"
  6. 20w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parsifal cluster ID → 617193, 931179
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Parsifal cluster ID: 617193, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/161500332|Meletios Metaxakês (#161500332)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6216|Parsifal pers"
  7. 23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Alexandria
    Depicted by → Bust of Patriarch Meletios, Ierapetra
    Instance of → human
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Modern Greek
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32154|batch #32154]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (36)"
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