Methodios II (
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
: Μεθόδιος Β΄) (? – 1240) served as
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople ( Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of ...
(in exile due to the
Fourth Crusade) for three months in 1240, when he died. He succeeded
Germanus II.
Before he was elected Patriarch, he was abbot of the Hyacinth Monastery in
Nicaea
Nicaea, also known as Nicea or Nikaia (; ; grc-gre, Νίκαια, ) was an ancient Greek city in Bithynia, where located in northwestern Anatolia and is primarily known as the site of the First and Second Councils of Nicaea (the first and s ...
. His short patriarchy did not let him make important contributions.
Sources
Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο* «Νεώτερον Εγκυκλοπαιδικόν Λεξικόν Ηλίου» vol. 13, p. 172
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1240 deaths
13th-century patriarchs of Constantinople
People of the Empire of Nicaea