Cosmas II of Constantinople

Cosmas II of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Church	Church of Constantinople
In office	April 1146 – 26 February 1147
Predecessor	Michael II of Constantinople
Successor	Nicholas IV of Constantinople
Personal details
Born	Aegina, Greece
Died	After 1147
Denomination	Eastern Orthodoxy

Cosmas II of Constantinople (Atticus Greek: Κοσμᾶς ὁ Ἀττικός; died after 1147) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from April 1146 until 26 February 1147. He was born in Aegina, in Greece, and was a deacon of Hagia Sophia before his ascension, after Michael II of Constantinople abdicated. He was highly respected for his learning and for his holy character.^[1] Cosmas II reigned during the rule of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos.^[2]

Deposition

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Cosmas II was condemned and deposed on 26 February 1147 by a synod held at the Palace of Blachernae because of indulgence in relation to the monk Niphon, a condemned Bogomil since 1144, whom he received in his home and at his table.^[3]

The exact reasons for the conviction and deposition of Cosmas II are not clearly established; perhaps he was the victim of political intrigue.^[4] It is clear however that Emperor Manuel I intervened directly in forming the Synod that deposed Cosmas II, interviewing personally those who accused him, and testing Cosmas II directly on his opinions of the heretical Niphon.^[5] This affair is typical both of the doctrinal controversies common in the reign of Manuel I and also of the Emperor's readiness to become actively involved in them.^[6]

Notes and references

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^ John Kinnamos (1976), The Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus, Columbia University Press, p. 56.
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^ Lysimachos Oeconomos, La vie religieuse dans l'empire byzantin au temps des Comnènes et des Anges, 1918, réédition 1972, pp. 44–45.
^ Dimitri Obolensky, A study in Balkan Neo-Manichaeism, « Byzantine Bogomilism », Cambridge University Press, 1948, pp. 221–222.
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^ Joan M. Hussey (1986), The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire, Oxford University Press, p. 151.

Eastern Orthodox Church titles

Preceded by

Michael II

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
1146 – 1147

Succeeded by

Nicholas IV

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Cosmas II of Constantinople

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