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==Life==
Little is known of the early life of John Bekkos. That which we know comes mainly from his own writings and a few Byzantine historians. He was born about the year 1225 in [[Nicea]] among the exiles from Constantinople during the time of occupation of the city by the Latins of the [[Fourth Crusade|fourth crusade]].
John was appointed ''chartophylax'' (document keeper) of the [[Hagia Sophia (Constantinople)|Great Church]] by Patriarch [[Arsenius Autoreianus of Constantinople|Arsenius]] during the time emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus was under excommunication for blinding the son of his predecessor, a time of tense relations between the patriarchate and the emperor. One of John's first duties was to suspend the palace [[priest]] for celebrating a marriage without having the previous consent of the chartophylax, an event that greatly aggravated the emperor.
before=Joseph I Galesiotes|
title=[[List of Patriarchs of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]]|
years= 1275-1282|after=[[Gregory II of Constantinople|Gregory II Cyprus]]}}
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[[el:Ιωάννης ΙΑ΄ (Βέκκος) Κωνσταντινουπόλεως]]