The pope whose claim to universal spiritual authority Photius was determined to challenge. Nicholas protested when Michael III deposed the previous patriarch and installed Photius without papal consultation; Photius responded by telling him to mind his own business. Later, when Basil deposed Photius to gain papal support, the pope had already been succeeded by a pontiff furious over Bulgaria.
Also known as: Nicholas the Great
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The pope whose claim to universal spiritual authority Photius was determined to challenge. Nicholas protested when Michael III deposed the previous patriarch and installed Photius without papal consultation; Photius responded by telling him to mind his own business. Later, when Basil deposed Photius to gain papal support, the pope had already been succeeded by a pontiff furious over Bulgaria.
“Pope Nicholas I's claim of universal spiritual authority.”
“Saint Nicholas, Saint Michael, and Elijah,”
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