March 1223-1240 A.D. Germanus II—Constantinople’s 130th; Deacon at Hagia Sophia During Sack by 4th Crusade; Unified Factions in Orthodox World; Anti-Romanist & Critic of “Errors” of Old Rome
March 1223-1240 A.D. Germanus II—Constantinople’s 130 th ; Deacon at Hagia Sophia During Sack by 4 th Crusade; Unified Factions in Orthodox World; Anti-Romanist & Critic of “Errors” of Old Rome Germanus II of Constantinople From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Germanus II Nauplius ( Greek : Γερμανός Β΄ Ναύπλιος ) was Patriarch of Constantinople (in exile at Nicaea ) from 1223 until his death in June 1240. [1] He was born at Anaplous in the second half of the 12th century. At the time of the Fourth Crusade in 1204, he served as a deacon in the Hagia Sophia ; following the sack of Constantinople , he retired to a monastery at Achyraous . [1] In 1223, he was selected by the Nicaean emperor John III Vatatzes to fill the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which had relocated there after the fall of Constantinople. Germanus...