Germanus II of Constantinople

Germanus II of Constantinople
Church of Constantinople
In office	29 June 1222 – June 1240
Predecessor	Manuel I of Constantinople
Successor	Methodius II of Constantinople
Personal details
Born	?
Died	June 1240

Germanus II Nauplius (

Patriarch of Constantinople (in exile at Nicaea) from 1223 until his death in June 1240.^[1]

He was born at

Achyraous.^[1]

In 1223, he was selected by the

Thessalonica, directly challenging Nicaea's position. After the Epirote defeat at Klokotnitsa in 1230 however, the Epirote bishops were gradually won over; in 1232, the schism was healed with the Epirote church recognizing his authority, followed by a tour of the region by Germanus in 1238.^[1]^[2]

By contrast, Germanus was willing to bow to political realities on the issue of the

Serbian Church.^[4]

Although a fierce critic of the perceived "errors" of the Catholic Church, and author of numerous anti-Catholic treatises,

Nymphaion, but it broke up in acrimony between the Greeks and Latins. The papal envoys fled back to Rome, while the Nicaeans went on to attack Constantinople.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kazhdan (1991), p. 847
^ Angold (1999), pp. 551–552
^ History of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
^ Angold (1999), p. 552
^ Angold (1999), p. 553
^ Angold (1999), pp. 553–554

Sources

Angold, Michael (1999). "Byzantium in exile". In
ISBN 978-1-13905573-4
.

ISBN 0-19-504652-8
.

External links

Biography at the website of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (in Greek)
Vougiouklaki, Penelope (2003). Γερμανός Β΄ Ναύπλιος. Encyclopedia of the Hellenic World, Eastern Mediterranean (in Greek). Foundation of the Hellenic World. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2012.

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Manuel I	Patriarch of Constantinople In exile at Nicaea 1223–1240	Succeeded by Methodius II

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