Isidore II of Constantinople
Isidore II Xanthopoulos (Greek: Ισίδωρος Β΄ Ξανθόπουλος), (? – 31 March 1462) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1456 to 1462.
Isidore II of Constantinople | |
|---|---|
| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Church | Church of Constantinople |
| In office | January 1456 – 31 March 1462 |
| Predecessor | Gennadius Scholarius |
| Successor | Joasaph I[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | 31 March 1462 |
Life
Little is known about the life and the patriarchate of Isidore. His surname derives from the Xanthopoulon monastery in Istanbul which he entered, becoming a hieromonk and later rising to be its abbot.[2] Isidore worked alongside Gennadius Scholarius during the Council of Florence[3] and was one of the signatories of a 1445 document against the East-West Union of Churches.[4] In this period Isidore was deemed as the 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,[2] and he was succeeded by Joasaph I.[1]
Notes
- Some scholars suggest Gennadius Scholarius (second term) and Sophronius I as Isidore's successor in place of Joasaph I: see the Article List of Patriarchs of Constantinople.
- Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate. Wildside Press LLC. p. 37,45. ISBN 978-1-4344-5876-6.
- Vitalien, Laurent (1968). "Les premiers patriarches de Constantinople sous la domination turque (1454-1476)". Revue des études byzantines (26): 229–263(246). doi:10.3406/rebyz.1968.1407.
- Petrides, Sophrone (1911). "Documents sur la ropture de l'union de Florence". Échos d'Orient. 14: 205.
- "Patriarcham factum renuntiavit Heracleensis praesul" - Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae: Historia Politica et Patriarchica Constantinopoleos, Ed. Niebuhr, B. G. (1849), pg. 95
- "Isidore II". Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
Sources
- Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC.
- Laurent, Vitalien (1968). "Les premiers patriarches de Constantinople sous la domination turque (1454-1476): Succession et chronologie d'après un catalogue inédit". Revue des études byzantines. 26: 229–263. doi:10.3406/rebyz.1968.1407.
- Runciman, Steven (1985) [1968]. The Great Church in Captivity: A Study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the Eve of the Turkish Conquest to the Greek War of Independence (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
