Cosmas II of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople
b. 11th century
120th Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)
Offices
Cosmas II of Constantinople was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from April 1146 until 26 February 1147. He was born in Aegina, in Greece, and was a deacon of Hagia Sophia before his ascension, after Michael II of Constantinople abdicated. He was highly respected for his learning and for his holy character. Cosmas II reigned during the rule of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos.
Related people
- Michael II of Constantinople succeeded · inferred
Places
- Aegina birth
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus I, col. 195 sqq. — Patriarchae Constantinopolitani