Callistus II of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople
About Callistus II of Constantinople
Lived 1301 – 1397 (aged 95–96). Callistus II of Constantinople was a Byzantine eastern Orthodox priest and patriarch.
Callistus II of Constantinople (Xanthopoulos or Xanthopulus; ; died after 1397) was a Byzantine Hesychast monk and spiritual writer who reigned as Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in 1397. He was Patriarch through the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos, and through his short Patriarchal reign, Constantinople was under siege by the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I. Within the Orthodox Church, his memory is celebrated on 22 November.
His surname indicates that he was from the monastery of Xanthopoulos. The majority of Patriarchs in the 14th century were monks in the Hesychast tradition.
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Who was Callistus II of Constantinople?
Patriarch of Constantinople
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Callistus II of Constantinople was born in 1301 in Constantinople.
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Callistus II of Constantinople died in 1397 in Constantinople.
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Callistus II of Constantinople was an eastern Orthodox priest and patriarch.
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Callistus II of Constantinople was Byzantine.
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