New Martyr · 19th century
Hieromartyr Gregory V Patriarch of Constantinople
Also known as Gregory V of Constantinople · Gregorios E
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, born in Dimitsana in the Peloponnese in 1746. He was hanged at the gate of the Patriarchate on Pascha 1821 in Ottoman reprisal during the Greek War of Independence, and is venerated as a hieromartyr and ethnomartyr.
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Notes
Glorified as a saint by the Church of Greece; venerated as a hieromartyr/ethnomartyr. CANONIZATION NOTE: a modern (1821) Greek martyr — flagged for clergy/source review per guardrails.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; Wikipedia, Gregory V of Constantinople