Isidore II Xanthopoulos was Ecumenical Patriarch of #Constantinople from 1456 to his death OTD in 1462 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Mehmed II or Mehmed the Conqueror, born OTD in 1432, conquered #Constantinople at the age of 21 and ended the Byzantine Empire https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Ottoman artillerymen at the Siege of Constantinople, 1453 AD (Angus McBride)

Romanos Lekapenos seized the Boukoleon Palace in #Constantinople OTD in 919 and became regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Pope Nicholas V, who died OTD in 1455, called for a crusade against the Ottoman Turks after they captured #Constantinople in 1453; it never materialized https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Today is the feast day of Saint Isaac the Confessor, 4th century founder of the Dalmatian Monastery at #Constantinople https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Michael IV Autoreianos was appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of #Constantinople OTD in 1206 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Today is the feast day of Nikephoros I of #Constantinople, Byzantine writer and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from April 12, 806, to March 13, 815 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

Today is the feast day of Euphrasia of #Constantinople https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history

The bones of Saint Nicephorus were interred in the Church of the Holy Apostles in #Constantinople OTD in 874 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/turkey/istanbul/?s=mb #travel #Turkey #history