January 1151-1153
A.D. Theodotus II—Constantinople’s 113th; Abbott of Monastery of Resurrection in
Constantinople
Theodotus II of Constantinople
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Theodotus II also known as Theodosius (Greek: Θεόδοτος or Θεοδόσιος) was a 12th-century clergyman
who served as Patriarch of Constantinople from 1151 until 1153.
Theodotus was an Abbott at the
Monastery of the Resurrection in Constantinople. His two-year reign as Patriarch of Constantinople
was uneventful, and he died in office. He was Patriarch during the rule of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.
A letter from the Metropolitan
of Ephesus, George Tornikes, to the Metropolitan of Athens, George Bourtzes, notes how Tornikes was nearly lynched by the "rude
mass of the clergy of Hagia Sophia" when he objected to their plan to economise
on Theodotus' funeral expenses. The desire to deny him the full measure of
state funeral may have been due to accusations that the Patriarch was a Bogomil, an accusation levelled by the Patriarch-elect of Antioch, Soterichos Panteugenos, who used the dead Theodotus' "black and
withered hand" as evidence of his heresy.[1] John Kinnamos notes only that Theodotus was "practiced in
ascetic discipline." [2]
References
1. Jump up^ Paul Magdalino. (2002). The Empire of Manuel I
Komnenos, 1143-1180, Cambridge University Press, pp.279-283
2.
Jump up^ John Kinnamos. (1976). The Deeds of John and Manuel
Comnenus, Columbia University Press, pp.70
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Preceded by
Nicholas IV |
Patriarch of Constantinople
1151–1153 |
Succeeded by
Neophytos I |
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