Stephen II of Constantinople
Stephen II of Amasea (Greek: Στέφανος Stefanos; died 19 July 928) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 29 June 925 to 18 July 928.
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 | 925 |
| Term ended | 928 |
| Personal details | |
| Denomination | Chalcedonian Christianity |
He appears to have been appointed to the post by Romanos I Lekapenos after the death of Nicholas I as a stop-gap until Romanos's own son, Theophylact, was old enough to assume the post. Steven Runciman calls him a "deliberate nonentity". He is a saint, commemorated on July 18.
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