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Isidore II of Constantinople

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Predecessor
  
Gennadius Scholarius

Term ended
  
March 31, 1462

Appointed
  
January 1456

Name
  
Isidore of

Successor
  
Joasaph I


Church
  
Church of Constantinople

Died
  
March 31, 1462, Istanbul, Turkey

Isidore II Xanthopoulos (Greek: Ισίδωρος Β΄ Ξανθόπουλος, died 31 March 1462) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1456 to 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. Isidore worked alongside Gennadius Scholarius during the Council of Florence and was one of the signatories of a 1445 document against the East-West Union of Churches. In this period Isidore was deemed as the spiritual father of the Greek community in Istanbul.

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.

His reign lasted up to his death on 31 March 1462, and he was succeeded by Joasaph I.

References

Isidore II of Constantinople Wikipedia