Patriarch Cosmas II of Constantinople
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Cosmas II Atticus (Greek: Κοσμᾶς Β´ ὁ Ἀττικός) was Patriarch of Constantinople from April 1146, until February 1147. He was born in Aegina, in Greece, and was a deacon before his ascension, after Michael II Kourkouas abdicated. Cosmas reigned during the rule of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.[1]
[edit] Deposition
Cosmas was condemned and deposed on February 26, 1147 by a synod held at the Palace of Blachernae because of indulgence in relation to the monk Niphon, a condemned Bogomil since 1144, whom he received in his home and at his table.[2]
The exact reasons for the conviction and deposition of Cosmas II are not clearly established; perhaps he was the victim of political intrigue.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Κοσμᾶς Β´ ὁ Ἀττικός" (in Greek). Ecumenical Patriarchate. http://www.ec-patr.org/list/index.php??lang=gr&id=111. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
- ^ Lysimachos Oeconomos La vie religieuse dans l'empire byzantin au temps des Comnènes et des Anges 1918 réédition 1972 p.44-45
- ^ Dimtri Obolensky A study in Balkan Neo-Manichaeism « Byzantine Bogomilism » Cambridge University Press 1948 p.221-222
| Preceded by Michael II Kourkouas |
Patriarch of Constantinople 1146–1147 |
Succeeded by Nicholas IV Muzalon |
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