Demetrius ( ) was the second Patriarch of the

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and the first one to have been recognized by the

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as a result of the

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, which affirmed the Bulgarian victory in the War of 913–927 against the

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. Demetrius headed the Bulgarian Patriarchate in the first years of the reign of emperor

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(r. 927–969). Demetrius was mentioned as the second Patriarch of Bulgaria in the

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, written in 1211. It is likely that Demetrius resided in the city of

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on the river

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rather than in the capital of the

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. He was succeeded by Sergius.

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