Dositheus of Constantinople
{{Short description|Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1189 to 1191}}
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| name = Dositheus of Constantinople
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| church = Church of Constantinople
| archbishop_of = Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
| term = February 1189 (9 days)
October 1189 –
10 September 1191
| predecessor = Nicetas II of Constantinople
Leontius of Constantinople
| successor = Leontius of Constantinople
George II of Constantinople
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| death_date = After 1191
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| religion = Eastern Orthodoxy
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Dositheus of Constantinople (Greek: Δοσίθεος; died after 1191) was twice Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (for 9 days in February 1189, and again from October 1189 until he was restored as Patriarch of Jerusalem on 10 September 1191[https://jerusalem-patriarchate.info/πατριάρχης/ἀποστολική-διαδοχή/ Jerusalem Patriarchate website, Apostolic Succession section]. and abdicated as Patriarch of Constantinople on 10 September 1191). He was previously Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (1187–1189). He was a close friend of the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos.{{sfn|Bréhier|1970|p=384}}{{sfn|Grumel|1958|pp=436, 452}}
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Bibliography
- {{Cite book |first1=Louis |last1=Bréhier |title=Le monde byzantin - les institutions de l'Empire byzantin |volume=II |editor=Éditions Albin Michel |date=1970 |orig-date=1949}}
- {{Cite journal |first1=Venance |last1=Grumel |title=La chronologie des patriarches de Constantinople de 1111 à 1206 |journal=Revue des études byzantines |volume=1 |date=1943 |pages=250–270 |url=http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rebyz_0258-2880_1943_num_1_1_909 |access-date=23 July 2015 |doi=10.3406/rebyz.1943.909}}
- {{Cite book |first1=Venance |last1=Grumel |title=Traité d'études byzantines - La chronologie |volume=I |publisher=Presses Universitaires de France |location=Paris |date=1958}}
- {{Cite book |first1=Nicolas |last1=Viton de Saint-Allais |title=L'art de vérifier les dates |volume=I |location=Paris |date=1818}}
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| before = Nicetas II
| title = Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
| years = 1189
| after = Leontius
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| before = Leontius
| title = Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
| years = 1189 – 1191
| after = George II
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Category:12th-century patriarchs of Constantinople
Category:12th-century Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Jerusalem
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