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Hierarch · 6th century

John the Faster Patriarch of Constantinople

Also known as John IV the Faster · John Nesteutes

Patriarch of Constantinople renowned for his strict fasting and humility; a penitential canon bearing his name long guided confessors

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Notes

Out of humility he resisted the title 'Ecumenical Patriarch' Also commemorated Aug 30.

Sources: Synaxarion