Athanasius II of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1450 to 1453
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Athanasius II of Constantinople (Greek: Ἀθανάσιος) is reckoned as the last Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople before the Fall of Constantinople. Athanasius purportedly served as patriarch from 1450 to 1453, but the only document indicating his existence is "Acts of the council in Hagia Sophia" — widely considered a forgery due to the presence of anachronisms in the text.[1][2]
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
InofficeSummer 1450 – 1453
PredecessorGregory III of Constantinople
SuccessorGennadius II of Constantinople
Athanasius II of Constantinople | |
|---|---|
| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Church | Church of Constantinople |
| In office | Summer 1450 – 1453 |
| Predecessor | Gregory III of Constantinople |
| Successor | Gennadius II of Constantinople |
| Personal details | |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Modern-day scholars dispute his existence, then, suggesting that the unionist patriarch Gregory III of Constantinople, residing in Rome from 1451 on, remained the city's nominal patriarch through the Ottoman capture of the city.[3][4]
