Stephen Porphyrogometus
Stephen Porphyrogometus (d. 893) was the
Patriarch of Constantinople from
886-
893. He was an adopted son of
Byzantine Emperor
Basil I and the youngest brother of Emperor
Leo VI. Both Leo and Stephen were actually the sons of
Michael III, whose widow Basil had married. Basil had Stephen
castrated, and Stephen became Patriarch when
Photius I was dismissed upon the succession of Leo VI.
See also:
Eastern Orthodoxy