Callistus II of Constantinople

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Callistus II of Constantinople
Church of Constantinople
In office15 May 1397 – August [?] 1397
PredecessorAntony IV of Constantinople
SuccessorMatthew I of Constantinople
Personal details
Born?
Diedafter 1397

Callistus II Xanthopoulos or Xanthopulus (

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][2]

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.[3]

References

  1. ^ Κάλλιστος Β´ Ξανθόπουλος (in Greek). Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  2. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Κάλλιστος ὁ Β’ Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. 22 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  3. ^ J.M. Hussey. (1986). The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire, Oxford University Press, p. 289.

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Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by
Patriarch of Constantinople

1397
Succeeded by