Dositheus of Constantinople (

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: Δοσίθεος; died after 1191) was twice

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(for 9 days in February 1189, and again from October 1189 until he was restored as Patriarch of Jerusalem on 10 September 1191Jerusalem Patriarchate website, Apostolic Succession section
and abdicated as Patriarch of Constantinople on 10 September 1191). He was previously

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(1187–1189). He was a close friend of the

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Isaac II Angelos Isaac II Angelos or Angelus (; September 1156 – 28 January 1204) was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and co-Emperor with his son Alexios IV Angelos from 1203 to 1204. In a 1185 revolt against the Emperor Andronikos Komnenos, Isaac ...

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