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Maximus II of Constantinople | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Church | Church of Constantinople |
In office | 3 June 1216 – December 1216 |
Predecessor | Theodore II of Constantinople |
Successor | Manuel I of Constantinople |
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Died | December 1216 |
Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Maximus II of Constantinople (Greek:Μάξιμος; died December 1216) wasEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 3 June to December 1216. He had beenabbot of the monastery of theAkoimetoi and was theconfessor of theNicaean emperorTheodore I Laskaris before he became patriarch.George Akropolites andNikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos are highly critical of Maximus II, suggesting that he was "uneducated"[1] and that the only reason he was made patriarch was his intrigue into the palace's women's quarters. Akropolites writes that he "paid court to the women's quarters and was in turn courted by it; for it was nothing else which raised him to such eminence."[2] Maximus II was Patriarch-in-exile as at the time his titular seat was occupied by theLatin Patriarchate of Constantinople, and he lived inNicaea. He died in office after only six months on the patriarchal throne.
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Preceded by | Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople In exile atNicaea 1216 | Succeeded by |
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