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Photios I belonged to a family of what noble status?

  • Baronial

  • Ducal

  • Countly

  • Constantinopolitan nobility

Answer

Photios I was born into the Constantinopolitan nobility, which was the most powerful and wealthy group in the Byzantine Empire. His family was well-connected and had a long history of service to the empire. Photios was able to use his family's connections to gain a position of power in the church and eventually become the Patriarch of Constantinople.
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