Constantine II of Constantinople

Constantine II (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, Kōnstantinos) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 754 to 766. He was an iconoclast and a successor of Anastasius of Constantinople, but he was deposed and jailed after the discovery of Constantine Podopagouros’ plot against the Emperor Constantine V in June 766, in which the patriarch was later implicated.

In autumn 767, Constantine II was paraded through the Hippodrome of Constantinople and finally beheaded. He was succeeded by Nicetas I of Constantinople.