Dositheus of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1189 to 1191
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Dositheus of Constantinople (Greek: Δοσίθεος; died after 1191) was twice Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (for 9 days in February 1189, and again from October 1189 until he was restored as Patriarch of Jerusalem on 10 September 1191[1] and abdicated as Patriarch of Constantinople on 10 September 1191). He was previously Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (1187–1189). He was a close friend of the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos.[2][3]
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
InofficeFebruary 1189 (9 days)
October 1189 –
10 September 1191
October 1189 –
10 September 1191
Dositheus of Constantinople | |
|---|---|
| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Church | Church of Constantinople |
| In office | February 1189 (9 days) October 1189 – 10 September 1191 |
| Predecessor | Nicetas II of Constantinople Leontius of Constantinople |
| Successor | Leontius of Constantinople George II of Constantinople |
| Personal details | |
| Died | After 1191 |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
