Joseph II of Constantinople
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Joseph II (Greek: Ἰωσήφ; 1360 – 10 June 1439) was Patriarch of Constantinople from 1416 to 1439.
Life
Born the (possibly illegitimate) son of
Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaiologos, 23 Metropolitan bishops and about 700 scholars and theologians, he took part in the Council of Florence. While in Florence, he was quartered in the Palazzo Ferrantini. He is portrayed in Benozzo Gozzoli's frescoes in the Magi Chapel of Palazzo Medici Riccardi
, which celebrates the entrance of the Byzantine dignitaries in the city.
Joseph was very old and ill and died on 10 June 1439. His death caused much grief to all present at the council, as he was a fervent supporter of union between the Churches; before his death, he drew up and signed an important pro-union declaration for the council. His grave in the
Metrophanes II
, who was appointed by Emperor John VIII on account of his similarly pro-unionist sentiments.
He was cousin of Constantine II of Bulgaria.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8143-1540-8.
Joseph II, patriarch of Constantinople (1416-1439), was born ca. 1360 in Bulgaria, perhaps the illegitimate son of the future Bulgar tsar Sisman and a Greek mother. He became patriarch of Constantinople on 21 May 1416 after serving as metropolitan of Ephesus. Thus he was almost eighty years old when he died.
Sources
- Council of Florence, at the Catholic Encyclopedia
- Sergey F. Dezhnyuk, "Council of Florence: The Unrealized Union", CreateSpace, 2017.
- Plamen Pavlov. Patriarh Jossif II (in Bulgarian)
External links
- Media related to Joseph II of Constantinople at Wikimedia Commons