Callistus II of Constantinople explained

Church:Church of Constantinople
Archbishop Of:Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Term:15 May 1397 – August [?] 1397
Predecessor:Antony IV of Constantinople
Successor:Matthew I of Constantinople
Death Date:after 1397

Callistus II Xanthopoulos or Xanthopulus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Κάλλιστος Ξανθόπουλος; died after 1397) was a Byzantine Hesychast monk and spiritual writer who reigned as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1397. He was Patriarch through the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, and through his short Patriarchal reign Constantinople was under siege by the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I. Within the Orthodox Church, his memory is celebrated on 22 November.[1]

His surname indicates that he was from the monastery of Xanthopoulos. The majority of Patriarchs in the 14th century were monks in the Hesychast tradition.

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Great Synaxaristes: Ὁ Ὅσιος Κάλλιστος ὁ Β’ Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 22 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.