Section 08: Death and Aftermath
Mark’s death and the fate of the cause he led. These files set out his death in 1444 — the painful final illness, the deathbed charge to George Scholarios, and the burial — and the aftermath he did not live to see: the formal proclamation of the union in Hagia Sophia in December 1452, the fall of Constantinople in May 1453, the union dead in the East, the elevation of Scholarios as the first Ottoman-era patriarch Gennadios II, and the formal repudiation of the Union of Florence by the Constantinopolitan synod of 1484.
Tradition: Pan-Orthodox / Byzantine
Contents
| File | Topic |
|---|---|
| The Death of Mark (1444) | The final illness and death (23 June 1444); the deathbed address and the charge to Scholarios; the burial at the Mangana and the later translation of the relics |
| The Union and the Fall | The proclamation of the union in Hagia Sophia (12 December 1452); the fall of Constantinople (29 May 1453); the union dead in the East; Gennadios II Scholarios as first patriarch under the Ottomans; the 1484 synod repudiating Florence |
How to Use
- Read The Death of Mark (1444) for the end of his life and the transmission of his cause; read The Union and the Fall for the long aftermath through 1484.
- The resistance Mark led is in Section 07; his glorification and the historiography are in Section 09.
Cross-References
- For the fall of the empire and the captive Church, see The Church of Constantinople and The Byzantine Church.
References
- See the collection README for the principal sources; each content file carries its own full reference list.