George II of Constantinople explained

Church:Church of Constantinople
Archbishop Of:Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Term:10 September 1191 – 7 July 1198
Predecessor:Dositheus of Constantinople
Successor:John X of Constantinople
Birth Date:?
Death Date:7 July 1198

George II Xiphilinos or Xiphilinus (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γεώργιος Ξιφιλῖνος; died 7 July 1198) was the Patriarch of Constantinople between 1191 and 1198 AD.[1] According to Balsamon, George, during the reign of Alexios I Komnenos, added one member to the Exocatacoeli (an office similar to the Catholic cardinal in the Greek Church of the time), making it six.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: George II Xifilinos . Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople . September 5, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120327110856/http://www.patriarchate.org/patriarchate/former-patriarchs/george-ii-xifilinos . March 27, 2012 .
  2. Book: Lexicon ecclesiasticum latino-hispanicum: ex Sacris Bibliis, conciliis .... Diego Jiménez Arias . Jerónimo de Valencia . Juan de Lama Cubero . Narcís Oliva i Nadal . 1792 . es, la. September 5, 2011.