Pachomius II of Constantinople
Pachomius II of Constantinople | |
|---|---|
Theoleptus II | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | after 1585 |
| Previous post(s) | Metropolitan of Caesarea |
Pachomius II Patestos (Greek: Παχώμιος Πατέστος; died after 1585) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1584 to 1585.[1] He is sometimes considered an usurper.
Life
16th-century Greek sources show an extended bias against Pachomius: he is labeled as "dissolute" by Pseudo-Dorotheos and Leontios Eustrakios stated that he "inflicted immeasurable grief upon the Christians".[2]
Pachomius was native of
Pachomius led a group of Greek prelates who tried to overthrow Jeremias, accusing the latter of having supported a Greek uprising against the
During Pachomius' patriarchate, a synod was held in Constantinople with the participation of Patriarch Sophronius IV of Jerusalem, which condemned the Gregorian calendar and exiled the former Patriarch Jeremias II, whom it charged not to have been opposed enough to the new calendar.
Same bishops tried to overthrow Pachomius, offering to Sultan Murad III the great amount of 40,000
A year later Pachomius was acquitted of the charges and was sent to Egypt and Cyprus to collect donations. During his travel Pachomius was charged of immoral behavior,[4] and he returned to Constantinople, where he worked and continued to pose problems. He was finally exiled in Wallachia, where he died.
Notes
- ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
- ^ ISBN 0-916458-92-X.
- ^ "Παχώμιος Β´". Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 11 Sep 2011.(in Greek)
- ^ a b c Moustakas Konstantinos. "Pachomius II of Constantinople". Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor. Retrieved 11 Sep 2011.
