Thomas II of Constantinople (

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: Θωμᾶς; died 15 November 669) was the

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from 17 April 667 to 669. He had been ecumenically preceded by Patriarch

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. During the troubled times of the Christological disputes, he was Orthodox in his faith and teaching. He is commemorated by the Church on 16 November. He was succeeded as Ecumenical Patriarch by

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Life

Little is known of his life. Thomas II was in the service of the patriarchate in which he served as a scribe, a refendarius, a

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of the Patriarchate, and director of the Scala Gerokoeion and the Neapolis Ptochotropheion. Thomas II was elected

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from the

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over six and a half months after the repose of his predecessor, Patriarch Peter of Constantinople. His

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has been dated as on

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in the year 665. The length of his rule as patriarch is uncertain, as sources differ as to its length. The sources vary from two years and seven months according to Nicephoros, to three years by

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, to four years and seven months on Leoglavious' list. Patriarch Thomas II reposed in 669

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* 7th-century patriarchs of Constantinople {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub