Gregory II of Constantinople
Gregory II of Constantinople | |
|---|---|
Church of Constantinople | |
| In office | 28 March 1283 – June 1289 |
| Predecessor | Joseph I of Constantinople |
| Successor | Athanasius I of Constantinople |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1241 |
| Died | 1290 |
Gregory of Cyprus (Greek: Γρηγόριος ὁ Κύπριος, romanized: Grēgorios ho Kyprios; 1241–1290) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (as Gregory II) between 1283 and 1289.
Life
Gregory was born in Lapithos, Cyprus. His name was originally George. His parents were middle class but of noble origin. He moved to Nicosia as a teenager seeking further education. Not satisfied by the level of education provided by local teachers in Greek, he became a student at a Latin school (available then as Cyprus was a Crusader kingdom). He had difficulty learning Latin and thus got only a superficial knowledge of grammar and Aristotle's Logic.
Still determined to get a decent education, he got on a ship to
He became patriarch in 1283. The orthodox and the catholic churches had proclaimed their union in 1274 in the
Works
Gregory wrote collections of proverbs, his own autobiography, and a series of rhetorical exercises, as well as hagiographical and doctrinal works. He also left a collection of letters.
- Paroemiae (Proverbs): Schneidewin, F. G.; von Leutsch, E. L., eds. (1839). Corpus paroemiographorum Graecorum. Vol. I. Göttingen. pp. 349–378. von Leutsch, E. L., ed. (1851). Corpus paroemiographorum Graecorum. Vol. II. Göttingen. pp. 53–92, 93–130 & 131–134.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Epistola ad Joannem II sebastocratorem Thessaliae (Epistle to John II, S2CID 191479342.
- Tomus fidei (Explanatory tome of the Orthodox faith): Migne, J. P., ed. (1863). Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Graeca. Vol. CXLIV. Paris. pp. 233–246.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Progymnasmata (Rhetorical exercises): Kotzabassi, S. (1993). "Die Progymnasmata des Gregor von Zypern". Ἑλληνικά. 43: 51–63.
- De vita sua (On his own life; autobiography): Lameere, W. (1937). La tradition manuscrite de la correspondance de Grégoire de Chypre Patriarche de Constantinople (1283-1289). Rome–Paris. pp. 177–191.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Contra Synesium, sive comae encomium (Against Synesius; or, hair praise): Pérez Martín, I. (1996). "El Elogio de la cabellera de Gregorio de Chipre". El Patriarca Gregorio de Chipre (ca. 1240-1290) y la transmisión de los textos clásicos en Bizancio. Madrid. pp. 361–396.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Vita sancti Lazari (Life of St. Lazarus): Delehaye, H. (1910). Acta Sanctorum Novembris. Vol. III. Bruxelles. pp. 588–606.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Oratio antirrhetica contra Joannem Beccum (Discourse against John Bekkos): Kislas, Th.; Savvatos, Ch. (2012). "Discours antirrhétique contre les opinions blasphématoires de Bekkos". In Larchet, J.-C. (ed.). La vie et l'oeuvre de Georges/Grégoire II de Chypre (1241-1290) patriarche de Constantinople. Paris. pp. 166–256.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Epistulae ad Theodoram Rhaulenam (Letters to Theodora Rhaulena): Kotzabassi, S. (2011). "Scholarly friendship in the thirteenth century: Patriarch Gregorios II Kyprios and Theodora Raoulaina". Παρεκβολαί. 1: 145–167.
- Encomium maris, sive de universa aquae natura (Sea praise; or, on the Nature of Water): Migne, J. P., ed. (1863). Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Graeca. Vol. CXLIV. Paris. pp. 433–443.
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Sources
- Ostrogorsky, George (1956). History of the Byzantine State. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
- Papadakis, Aristeides (1997) [1983]. Crisis in Byzantium: The Filioque Controversy in the Patriarchate of Gregory II of Cyprus (1283-1289) (Rev. ed.). Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN 9780881411768.
