Stephen II of Constantinople | |
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
Lead seal of "Stephen, Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome", either of Stephen I or of Stephen II | |
Installed | 29 June 925 |
Term ended | 18 July 928 |
Predecessor | Nicholas I of Constantinople |
Successor | Tryphon of Constantinople |
Personal details | |
Died | 19 July 928 |
Denomination | Chalcedonian Christianity |
Stephen II of Constantinople (Greek: Στέφανος Stefanos; died 19 July 928) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 29 June 925 to 18 July 928.
He appears to have been appointed to the post by Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos after the death of Nicholas I of Constantinople as a stop-gap until Romanos I's own son, Theophylact, was old enough to assume the post. Steven Runciman calls him a "deliberate nonentity". He is a saint, commemorated on 18 July.
Notes and references
- Hussey, Joan M. (1990). The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire. Oxford University Press.
- Runciman, Steven (1988). The Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign - A Study of Tenth-Century Byzantium. Cambridge University Press. p. 27.
- Complete List of Saints
Titles of Chalcedonian Christianity | ||
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Preceded byNicholas I | Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 925 – 928 |
Succeeded byTryphon |
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