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Konstantius I Constantinople () is a Greek clergyman, the universal patriarch (1830 - 1834).

Biography
He was born in 1770 in Constantinos with the secular name of Constantinos (Κ He goes to the Patriarchal School. For Deacon was ordained by his uncle Archbishop Cyril II of Sinai, with whom he went to Yash in 1788. From there he was sent to study at the Kiev spiritual academy, but for health reasons he was forced to leave her and return to Constantinople. In 1795 he went to Cairo and from there to the Sinai Monastery of St. Ekaterina, where in 1797 he was ordained a Presbyter of Archbishop Dorotheus of Sinai. After receiving the archimandrite office, he was sent to Kiev as the abbot of the monastery of St. Ekaterina, the convent of Sinai.

In 1802, while in Kiev, he was elected the Sinite Archbishop. He was appointed Bishop on 6 November 1804 by Patriarch Antim Jerusalem. From 1806 to 1811 he lived in the Sinai convent of Cyprus. In 1810, after the death of Archbishop Christant of Cyprus in exile, Constantine Sinai ordained his successor Cyprian of Cyprus. In 1811, Constantine settled in Constantinople, where he lived in Sinai and in a private house on the island of Antigoni.

On 6 July 1830 Konstantius Sinai was elected the Universal Patriarch, preserving the position of the Blue Archbishop until his death. On 18 August 1834 he was forced to resign.

In December 1858 he became ill and went from Antigoni Island to Constantinople, where he died on 5 January 1859.

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Ecumenical Patriarchs
Greek clergymen
Born in Istanbul
Died in Istanbul
Alumni of the Great National School
Sina Archbishops