Patriarch Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Patriarch as title ''ad personam'' ==== The pope can confer the rank of patriarch without any see, upon an individual archbishop, as happened on 24 February 1676 to [[Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal)|Alessandro Crescenzi]], of the [[Somascans]], former [[Latin Titular Patriarch of Alexandria]] (19 January 1671 β retired 27 May 1675), who nevertheless resigned the title on 9 January 1682. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page