Gregory VI

Gregory VI may refer to:

  • Pope Gregory VI, John Gratian, elected 1045; abdicated at the Council of Sutri in 1046; died 1048
  • Antipope Gregory VI first to claim to be Pope as successor to Pope Sergius, and that Benedict VIII's claim was subsequent
  • Gregory VI of Cilicia aka Gregory VI Apirat or Grigor VI Apirat, catholicos of the Armenian Church
  • Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory VI of Constantinople (1798–1881), Georgios Fourtouniadis, reigned 1835–1840 and 1867–1871

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