Methodios II (

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: Μεθόδιος Β΄) (? – 1240) served as

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(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

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. His short patriarchy did not let him make important contributions.

Sources

Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο
* «Νεώτερον Εγκυκλοπαιδικόν Λεξικόν Ηλίου» vol. 13, p. 172 {{authority control 1240 deaths 13th-century patriarchs of Constantinople People of the Empire of Nicaea