A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

5. Of ANTIOCH (2). Contemporary with Michael Cerularius, patriarch of Constantinople [MICHAEL, No. 6], and Leo of Achridia [LEO, No. 2], and united with them in hostility to the Latin Church, was Petrus or Peter, the third patriarch of Antioch of that name in the current tables of the occupants of that see, which commence with the Apostle Peter. Peter obtained the patriarchate in the year 1053, and in the same year he sent synodical letters to the patriarchs of Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Constantinople, and to the pope, Leo IX., signifying his accession.