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George II of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
In office10 September 1191 –
7 July 1198
PredecessorDositheus of Constantinople
SuccessorJohn X of Constantinople
Personal details
BornGeorge Xiphilinus
Died7 July 1198

George II Xiphilinus (Greek: Γεώργιος Ξιφιλῖνος; died 7 July 1198) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople between 1191 and 1198. According to Theodore Balsamon, George II, during the reign of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, added one member to the Exokatakoiloi (an office similar to the Catholic cardinal in the Greek Church of the time), making it six.

Notes and references

  1. "George II Xifilinos". Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  2. Diego Jiménez Arias; Jerónimo de Valencia; Juan de Lama Cubero; Narcís Oliva i Nadal (1792). Lexicon ecclesiasticum latino-hispanicum - ex Sacris Bibliis, conciliis ... (in Spanish and Latin). Retrieved 5 September 2011.
Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded byDositheus Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
1191 – 1198
Succeeded byJohn X
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