February 1198-1206 A.D. John X Kamateros—Constantinople’s 125th; Influential Kamateros Family; Well Educated; Threatened by Crusaders, He Temporarily Ceded to Roman Papalism; Crusaders Install Latin Patriarch
February 1198-1206 A.D. John X Kamateros—Constantinople’s 125 th ; Influential Kamateros Family; Well Educated; Threatened by Crusaders, He Temporarily Ceded to Roman Papalism; Crusaders Install Latin Patriarch John X of Constantinople From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John X Kamateros ( Greek : Ἰ ωάννης Καματηρό ς ) was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 5 August 1198 to April/May 1206. John was a member of the Kamateros family, to which belonged the Empress Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera , wife of Alexios III Angelos (r. 1195–1203). An educated man, well versed in classical literature, rhetoric and philosophy, he occupied a series of ecclesiastical posts reaching the post of chartophylax , which he held at the time of his elevation to the patriarchal throne. [1] In 1198–1200 he had an exchange of letters with Pope Innocent III on the issue o...