Constantius II of Constantinople (

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: Κωνστάντιος; 1780 – 17 June 1859) served as

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during the period 1834–1835. Before his election as Ecumenical Patriarch on 18 August 1834, he had been Metropolitan bishop of

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. He wasn't particularly educated, nor did he have administrative skills. So, the next year he had to resign. He retired to

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on the

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, where he died on 17 June 1859. He was buried in the forecourt of the Holy Church of Asomatoi in

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1859 deaths Metropolitans of Tarnovo 19th-century ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople 1789 births {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub