George II of Constantinople

George II Xiphilinos (Greek: Γεώργιος Ξιφιλῖνος; died 7 July 1198) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople between 1191 and 1198.^[1]

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George II of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Church	Church of Constantinople
In office	10 September 1191 – 7 July 1198
Predecessor	Dositheus of Constantinople
Successor	John X of Constantinople
Personal details
Born	George Xiphilinos
Died	(1198-07-07)7 July 1198
Denomination	Eastern Orthodoxy
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George was born to the Xiphilinos family, to which previous Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople belonged. According to Theodore Balsamon, George II, during the reign of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, added one member to the Exokatakoiloi (an office similar to the Catholic cardinal in the Greek Church of the time), making it six.^[2]

1. ^ "George II". Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
2. ^ Diego Jiménez Arias; Jerónimo de Valencia; Juan de Lama Cubero; Narcís Oliva i Nadal (1792). Lexicon ecclesiasticum latino-hispanicum - ex Sacris Bibliis, conciliis ... (in Spanish and Latin). Retrieved 5 September 2011.

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Dositheus	Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 1191 – 1198	Succeeded by John X

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