List of 15th-century religious leaders

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This is a list of the top-level leaders for religious groups with at least 50,000 adherents, and that led anytime from January 1, 1401, to December 31, 1500. It should likewise only name leaders listed on other articles and lists.

Christianity

Catholicism

• Roman Catholic Church (complete list) –

• Boniface IX, Pope (1389–1404)
• Innocent VII, Pope (1404–1406)
• Gregory XII, Pope (1406–1415)
• Martin V, Pope (1417–1431)
• Eugene IV, Pope (1431–1447)
• Nicholas V, Pope (1447–1455)
• Callixtus III, Pope (1455–1458)
• Pius II, Pope (1458–1464)
• Paul II, Pope (1464–1471)
• Sixtus IV, Pope (1471–1484)
• Innocent VIII, Pope (1484–1492)
• Alexander VI, Pope (1492–1503)

Eastern Orthodoxy

• Church of Constantinople – (complete list), the first among equals in Eastern Orthodoxy

• Matthew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1397–1410)
• Euthymius II, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1410–1416)
• Joseph II, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1416–1439)
• Metrophanes II, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1440–1443)
• Gregory III Mammas, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1443–1450)
• Athanasius II, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1450–1453) – see Fall of Constantinople
• Gennadius II Scholarios, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1454–1456, c.1463, c.1464–1465)
• Isidore II Xanthopoulos, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1456–1462)

According to Kiminas (2009):[1] Joasaph I, (1462–1463) Gennadius II Scholarios, (1454–1456, 1463, 1464–1465) Sophronius I, (1463–1464) Gennadius II Scholarios, (1454–1456, 1463, 1464–1465) Mark II, (1465–1466) Symeon I, (1466, 1471–1475, 1482–1486)

According to Laurent (1968):[2] Joasaph I, (1462–1463) Gennadius II Scholarios, (1454–1456, 1463, 1464–1465) Sophronius I, (1463–1464) Gennadius II Scholarios, (1454–1456, 1463, 1464–1465) Symeon I, (1465–1466, 1471–1475, 1482–1486) Mark II, (1466)

According to Germanos of Sardeis (1933–38):[3] Gennadius II Scholarios, (1454–1456, 1462–1463, 1464) Sophronius I, (1463–1464) Gennadius II Scholarios, (1454–1456, 1462–1463, 1464) Joasaph I, (1465–1466) Mark II, (1466) Symeon I, (1466, 1471–1475, 1482–1486)

• Dionysius I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1466–1471, 1488–1490)
• Symeon I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (c.1466, 1471–1475, 1482–1486)
• Raphael I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1475–1476)
• Maximus III, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1476–1482)
• Symeon I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (c.1466, 1471–1475, 1482–1486)
• Nephon II, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1486–1488, 1497–1498, 1502)
• Dionysius I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1466–1471, 1488–1490)
• Maximus IV, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1491–1497)
• Nephon II, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1486–1488, 1497–1498, 1502)
• Joachim I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1498–1502, 1504)

Oriental Orthodoxy

• Coptic Orthodox Church, (complete list) –

• John XIII, Pope and Patriarch (1483–1524)

See also

• Religious leaders by year

References

1. Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate. Wildside Press LLC. pp. 30–51. ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
2. Vitalien, Laurent (1968). "Les premiers patriarches de Constantinople sous la domination turque (1454–1476)". Revue des études byzantines (26): 229–263. doi:10.3406/rebyz.1968.1407.
3. Σαρδεων Γερμανος (1933–38). "Συµβολή εις τους πατριαρχικούς καταλόγους Κωνσταντινουπόλεως από της αλώσεως και εξής". Ορθοδοξια (8–13).(Greek)

External links

• http://www.rulers.org/relig.html