Thomas II of Constantinople

{{Short description|Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 667 to 669}}

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| enthroned = 17 April 667

| ended = 15 November 669

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Thomas II of Constantinople (Greek: Θωμᾶς; died 15 November 669) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 17 April 667 to 669. He had been ecumenically preceded by Patriarch Peter of Constantinople.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ec-patr.org/list/index.php?lang=en&id=65 |publisher=Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |title=Thomas II |access-date=4 February 2012}} During the troubled times of the Christological disputes, he was Orthodox in his faith and teaching. He is commemorated by the Church on 16 November. He was succeeded as Ecumenical Patriarch by John V of Constantinople.{{Cite web |url=https://www.patriarchate.org/list-of-ecumenical-patriarchs?p_p_id=101_INSTANCE_u1pdiOuFkFSc&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_pos=1&p_p_col_count=2&_101_INSTANCE_u1pdiOuFkFSc_delta=20&_101_INSTANCE_u1pdiOuFkFSc_keywords=&_101_INSTANCE_u1pdiOuFkFSc_advancedSearch=false&_101_INSTANCE_u1pdiOuFkFSc_andOperator=true&p_r_p_564233524_resetCur=false&_101_INSTANCE_u1pdiOuFkFSc_cur=14 |title=Ecumenical Patriarch}}

Life

Little is known of his life. Thomas II was in the service of the patriarchate in which he served as a scribe, a refendarius, a chancellor of the Patriarchate, and director of the Scala Gerokoeion and the Neapolis Ptochotropheion. Thomas II was elected patriarch from the diaconate over six and a half months after the repose of his predecessor, Patriarch Peter of Constantinople. His consecration has been dated as on Holy Saturday in the year 665.

The length of his rule as patriarch is uncertain, as sources differ as to its length. The sources vary from two years and seven months according to Nicephoros, to three years by Theophanes the Confessor, to four years and seven months on Leoglavious' list. Patriarch Thomas II reposed in 669

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| before = Peter

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| after = John V

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Category:7th-century patriarchs of Constantinople