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- This article details the history of Constantinople before the Turkish Conquest of 1453. For details on the city since 1453, see İstanbul.
Constantinople (Greek: Κωνσταντινούπολη) was the name of the capital of the Byzantine Empire and, following its fall in 1453, of the Ottoman Empire until 1923, when it was renamed to Istanbul in par with Ataturk's Turkish national reforms. Strategically located between the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara at the point where Europe met Asia, Constantinople was highly significant as the successor to ancient Rome and the largest and wealthiest city in Europe throughout the Middle Ages, known as the "Queen of Cities".
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Ignatius of Constantinople - Retelling of the dramatic story of his life. Uses softened language.
Ignatius of Constantinople, Saint - Short biographical entry in the Columbia Encyclopedia.
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St. Ignatius of Constantinople - Catholic Encyclopedia article tells the story of this son of Emperor Michael I, forced into monastic life by a rival. Patriarch of Constantinople, deposed on a wicked pretext. The pope refused to recognize the usurper Photius. Photius thereupon excommunicated the pope, but when Basil the Macedonian became emperor, Ignatius was restored to his see. He died in 877.
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