Isidore II of Constantinople

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Isidore II of Constantinople
Joasaph I[1]
Personal details
Bornunknown
Died31 March 1462

Isidore II Xanthopoulos (Greek: Ἰσίδωρος Ξανθόπουλος; died 31 March 1462) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1456 to 1462.

Life

Little is known about the life and the patriarchate of Isidore except that he was an ethnic

spiritual father of the Greek community in Istanbul.[3] Immediately prior to his election, he was serving as the Metropolitan bishop of Heraclea.[5]

After the resignation of Gennadius Scholarius as Patriarch in mid-January 1456, Isidore was elected to succeed him. He obtained the confirmation from

Sultan Mehmed II, and he was consecrated bishop in the Pammakaristos Church.[6]

His reign lasted up to his death on 31 March 1462,

Notes

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  4. ^ Petrides, Sophrone (1911). "Documents sur la ropture de l'union de Florence". Échos d'Orient. 14: 205.
  5. ^ "Patriarcham factum renuntiavit Heracleensis praesul" - Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae: Historia Politica et Patriarchica Constantinopoleos, Ed. Niebuhr, B. G. (1849), pg. 95
  6. ^ "Isidore II". Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 5 July 2011.

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