Stephen II of Constantinople

Stephen II of Amasea (Greek: Στέφανος Stefanos; died 19 July 928) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 29 June 925 to 18 July 928.

Stephen II of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Lead seal of "Stephen, Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome", either of Stephen I or of Stephen II
Installed925
Term ended928
Personal details
DenominationChalcedonian Christianity

He appears to have been appointed to the post by Romanos I Lekapenos after the death of Nicholas I as a stop-gap until Romanos's own son, Theophylact, was old enough to assume the post.[1] Steven Runciman calls him a "deliberate nonentity".[2] He is a saint, commemorated on July 18.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hussey, Joan M. (1990). The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire. Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ Runciman, Steven (1988). The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign: A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium. Cambridge University Press. p. 27.
  3. ^ Complete List of Saints
Titles of Chalcedonian Christianity
Preceded by Patriarch of Constantinople
925–928
Succeeded by