Patriarch George II of Constantinople
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George II Xiphilinos or Xiphilinus, was the Patriarch of Constantinople between 1191 and 1198 AD.[1] According to Balsamon, George, during the reign of Alexios I Komnenos, added one member to the Exocatacoeli (an office similar to the Catholic cardinal in the Greek Church of the time), making it six.[2]
References [edit]
- ^ "George II Xifilinos". Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
- ^ Diego Jiménez Arias, Jerónimo de Valencia, Juan de Lama Cubero, Oliva i NadalNarcís. Lexicon ecclesiasticum latino-hispanicum: ex Sacris Bibliis, conciliis ... (in spanish & latim). Retrieved September 5, 2011.
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| Preceded by Dositheus |
Patriarch of Constantinople 1191–1198 |
Succeeded by John X Kamateros |
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