Bishops of Nicaea

Bessarion (; 2 January 1403 – 18 November 1472) was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist, theologian, Catholic cardinal and one of the famed Greek scholars who contributed to the revival of letters in the 15th century. He was educated by Gemistus Pletho in Neoplatonic philosophy and later served as the titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople. He eventually was named a cardinal and was twice considered for the papacy.

Orthodox patriarch (1846–1929)

266th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople (1820–1891)

Finnish orthodox Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland from 1987 to 2001

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 801 to 1806 and 1808 to 1809

Byzantine writer

Byzantine philosopher and theologian

4th-century Christian bishop