George II Xiphilinos (Greek: Γεώργιος Ξιφιλῖνος; died 7 July 1198) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople between 1191 and 1198.[1]
George II of Constantinople | |
|---|---|
| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Church | Church of Constantinople |
| In office | 10 September 1191 – 7 July 1198 |
| Predecessor | Dositheus of Constantinople |
| Successor | John X of Constantinople |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Xiphilinos |
| Died | 7 July 1198 |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
George was born to the Xiphilinos family, to which previous Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople belonged. According to Theodore Balsamon, George II, during the reign of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, added one member to the Exokatakoiloi (an office similar to the Catholic cardinal in the Greek Church of the time), making it six.[2]
Notes and references
edit- ↑ "George II". Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
- ↑ Diego Jiménez Arias; Jerónimo de Valencia; Juan de Lama Cubero; Narcís Oliva i Nadal (1792). Lexicon ecclesiasticum latino-hispanicum - ex Sacris Bibliis, conciliis ... (in Spanish and Latin). Retrieved 5 September 2011.
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