John VIII of Constantinople, born John Xiphilinos in Trebizond around 1010, was a Byzantine intellectual and jurist who served as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1064 until his death on 2 August 1075. He was the uncle of the legal writer John Xiphilinus the Epimator and is considered an innovator in the methodology of jurisprudential research. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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John VIII of Constantinople (born John Xiphilinos; Greek: Ἰωάννης Ξιφιλῖνος; c. 1010-2 August 1075), a native of Trebizond, was a Byzantine intellectual, jurist, and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1064 to 1075.
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(born John Xiphilinos; Greek: Ἰωάννης Ξιφιλῖνος; c. 1010-2 August 1075)
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John VIII of Constantinople (born John Xiphilinos; Greek: Ἰωάννης Ξιφιλῖνος; c. 1010-2 August 1075), a native of Trebizond, was a Byzantine intellectual, jurist, and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1064 to 1075.
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John VIII of Constantinople (born John Xiphilinos; Greek: Ἰωάννης Ξιφιλῖνος; c. 1010-2 August 1075), a native of Trebizond, was a Byzantine intellectual, jurist, and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1064 to 1075.
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