Sophronius II of Constantinople (; died 19 October 1780) served as

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during the period 1775–1780 and, as Sophronius V (Σοφρώνιος Ε΄),

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in 1771–1774. He was born in

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. He served as metropolitan bishop of Ptolemais (of the

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) and in 1771 he was elected Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem as Sophronius V. In 1774, he was elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Sophronius II. During his reign, a Synod in Constantinople condemned the Kollyvades. He was an educated and ascetic Patriarch and was especially preoccupied with education and the economics of the Patriarchates he ministered. He died on 19 October 1780 and was buried in the yard of the Church of the Asomatoi (Pammegiston Taxiarchon) in

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