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Anthimus II of Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1623

Field	Value
name	Anthimus II of Constantinople
church	Church of Constantinople
archbishop_of	Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
elected	18 June 1623
term_end	22 September 1623
predecessor	Gregory IV of Constantinople
successor	Cyril I of Constantinople
previous_post	Metropolitan of Adrianople
birth_place	Constantinople
death_date	1628
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy

Anthimus II of Constantinople () was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for a few months in 1623.

Life

Anthimus was born in Constantinople to a noble and rich family. Before he was elected as Patriarch of Constantinople, he was Metropolitan of Adrianople.

His short reign has to be considered in the context of the clash between the pro-Calvinist Patriarch Cyril I of Constantinople, supported by the Dutch and English ambassadors, and his opponents supported by the French, Austrian and Republic of Venice ambassadors to the Ottoman capital. The latter were successful at persuading the Grand Vizier to depose Cyril I on 12 April 1623 and to appoint in his place the blind and old Gregory IV of Constantinople. The Metropolitans and the bishops were unsatisfied with Gregory IV because he had not been canonically elected by the Holy Synod. Thus, on 18 June 1623, the Holy Synod deposed Gregory IV and formally elected Anthimus II as Patriarch of Constantinople.

Anthimus II, even if politically supported by the Catholic governments, remained a strong and good Orthodox. He sent metropolitans to Rhodes, where Lucaris was temporarily exiled, to persuade him to retire to Mount Athos, but without success. On the contrary, Lucaris, thanks to the Calvinist Dutch ambassador, returned to Constantinople and produced false instruments of credit for 20,000 Livres on the Patriarchate. Anthimus II could not find such large amount and was forced to abdicate on 22 September 1623. Subsequently, Cyril I returned on the patriarchal throne for the third time.

After his resignation, Anthimus II retired on Mount Athos where he died in 1628.

References

R. Janin. (1914). "Anthime II". Letouzey et Ané.
C. Emerau. (1926). "Lucar Cyrille". Letouzey et Ané.
Kiminas, Demetrius. (2009). "The Ecumenical Patriarchate". [[Wildside Press]].

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