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Gabriel II of Constantinople |
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Prelate who has been honoured as a neo-martyr. He was executed by the Ottoman authorities after he had been accused of baptizing a Muslim when he was metropolitan of Prousa. He ascended to the patriarchal throne for a short period in 1657. |
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Gabriel III of Constantinople |
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He was the first Ecumenical Patriarch from Smyrna. Metropolitan of Chalcedon at first, he ascended the patriarchal throne in 1702, where he remained until his death, in 1707. His term in office was a period of peace and calm for the Patriarchate. |
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Gabriel IV of Constantinople |
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A city at the eastern tip of the bay of Finike, to the east of Myra; it was a member of the Lycian League. During the Early Byzantine period the city became a bishopric. Nowadays there are still maintained parts of its defensive wall as well as the location of a small theatre. |
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Galatian Raids in Asia Minor |
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The Galatians were tribal groups of Celtic origin, which had originated in western and central Europe and migrated in the course of the fourth and the early third centuries BC through the Balkans to the boundaries of Greece and Asia Minor. |
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