Cyril II of Constantinople

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Cyril II of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
In office7–11 October 1633
10 March 1635 – June 1636
20 June 1638 – late June 1639
PredecessorCyril I of Constantinople
Cyril I of Constantinople
Cyril I of Constantinople
SuccessorCyril I of Constantinople
Neophytus III of Constantinople
Parthenius I of Constantinople
Personal details
DiedJune 1640
DenominationEastern Orthodoxy

Cyril II of Constantinople (Greek: Κύριλλος Κονταρῆς; died June 1640) was three-time Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (1633, 1635–1636, 1638–1639).[1] He was from Veroia, coming to Constantinople in 1618.[2]

Cyril I's popularity among high clergy made leadership more difficult for Cyril II, who had to contend with their undermining of his authority.[3]

Though recognized as a true Patriarch,[4] he made a Catholic profession of faith.[5]

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