Benjamin I of Constantinople, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Benjamin I of Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1871

Place of Birth: Edremit, Turkey

Date of Death: 17-Feb-1946

Profession: theologian, cleric, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Benjamin I (Greek: ?e??aµ?? ?', 18 January 1871 – 17 February 1946) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1936 till 1946. During his patriarchate, in 1941, a great fire destroyed the Patriarchal Palace in Fener.
A new palace was erected in 1989 by P.
Aggelopoulos.