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Callistus II of Constantinople

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Callistus II of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
In office17 May 1397 – August 1397
PredecessorAntony IV of Constantinople
SuccessorMatthew I of Constantinople
Personal details
DiedAfter 1397

Callistus II of Constantinople (Xanthopoulos or Xanthopulus, Medieval Greek: Κάλλιστος Ξανθόπουλος; died after 1397) was a Byzantine Hesychast monk and spiritual writer who reigned as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1397. He was Patriarch through the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, and through his short Patriarchal reign, Constantinople was under siege by the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I. Within the Orthodox Church, his memory is celebrated on 22 November.[1]

His surname indicates that he was from the monastery of Xanthopoulos. The majority of Patriarchs in the 14th century were monks in the Hesychast tradition.

Notes and references

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  1. ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ὅσιος Κάλλιστος ὁ Β’ Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, 22 Νοεμβρίου, ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.

Bibliography

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  • Joan M. Hussey (1986), The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire, Oxford University Press, p. 289.
  • Κάλλιστος Β´ Ξανθόπουλος (in Greek). Ecumenical Patriarchate. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  • Hunter H. D., "Callistus II Xanthopulus, Patriarch of Constantinople", (subscription required).
  • Joan M. Hussey, The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire, Oxford University Press, 1986.
Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
1397
Succeeded by