Sergius II ( el, Σέργιος Β′; ? – July 1019) was the
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 ...
from July 1001 to 1019.
According to the history of
John Skylitzes, he was a relative of the celebrated 9th-century patriarch
Photius
Photios I ( el, Φώτιος, ''Phōtios''; c. 810/820 – 6 February 893), also spelled PhotiusFr. Justin Taylor, essay "Canon Law in the Age of the Fathers" (published in Jordan Hite, T.O.R., & Daniel J. Ward, O.S.B., "Readings, Cases, Materia ...
.
In 1001, he was abbot of the
Monastery of Manuel, which had been re-founded by Photius, when he was elected to fill the patriarchal see (June/July).
According to the later legend, Sergius II was in the conflict with the
Pope Sergius IV
Pope Sergius IV (died 12 May 1012) was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States from 31 July 1009 to his death. His temporal power was eclipsed by the patrician John Crescentius. Sergius IV may have called for the expulsion of M ...
.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Sergius II.
"''A story that Pope Sergius IV (1009–12) sent Sergius II the Synodicon, a letter insisting on the Latin Trinitarian teaching that the Holy Spirit relates to both Father and Son (Filioque), thus initiating the Eastern schism when Patriarch Sergius reacted by erasing the pope’s name from the Byzantine prayer intercessions, is the invention of 12th-century controversialists.''”
According to Skylitzes, he died in July 1019. His successor was Eustathius.
References
Sources
Official website of the Ecumenic Patriarchate of Constantinople
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10th-century births
1019 deaths
11th-century patriarchs of Constantinople
Year of birth unknown
Basil II