The family patriarch and his brother were lay Deobandi preachers. The Israelites were the twelve sons of the biblical patriarch Jacob. The Popes reacted by severing ties with the Patriarch of Constantinople who supported these policies. The Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople stil today has his residence in Istanbul. All Abrahamic religions accept the tradition that God revealed himself to the patriarch Abraham. The Emperor, with the assistance of the Patriarch, accordingly baptized her. Sicily before the Norman conquest was under Eastern Orthodox Patriarch. Subsequent tradition held that Peter had been the first Patriarch of Antioch. Marvolo Gaunt was the last Gaunt family patriarch. The Church returned once more under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Numbers traces this lineage back further to Levi, son of the patriarch Israel. Later it came under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. The negotiations with the Russian Orthodox Patriarch as mediator continued until 2 October. He was recognized by later adherents as the first true patriarch of the school. The church was rebuilt with funds from the patriarch of Venice.