Stephen II of Constantinople explained

Patriarch Of:Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Enthroned:925
Ended:928
Religion:Chalcedonian Christianity

Stephen II of Amasea (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Στέφανος Stefanos; died 19 July 928) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 29 June 925 to 18 July 928.

He appears to have been appointed to the post by Romanos I Lekapenos after the death of Nicholas I as a stop-gap until Romanos's own son, Theophylact, was old enough to assume the post.[1] Steven Runciman calls him a "deliberate nonentity".[2] He is a saint, commemorated on July 18.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hussey, Joan M. . The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire . 1990 . Joan M. Hussey . Oxford University Press .
  2. Book: Runciman, Steven . The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium . 1988 . Steven Runciman . Cambridge University Press . 27 .
  3. https://archive.today/20120629050507/http://www.pomog.org/index.html?http://www.pomog.org/saintlist.shtml Complete List of Saints