| LC control no. | n 2016030342 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Metrophanes II, Patriarch of Constantinople, -1443 |
| Variant(s) | Metrofane II, Patriarch of Constantinople, -1443 Metrophanes, II, of Constantinople, -1443 |
| Associated country | Byzantine Empire |
| Associated place | Cyzicus (Extinct city) |
| Death date | 1443-08-01 |
| Place of death | Constantinople |
| Affiliation | Council of Florence (1438-1445 : Florence, Italy) |
| Profession or occupation | Patriarch |
| Found in | Lettera d'invettiva contro il patriara Metrofane II, 2015: t.p. (patriarca Metrofane II) p. 8-9 (possibly born in Crete, Metrofane served as metropolitan of Cyzicus when, as a member of the Greek delegation to the council of Ferrara and Florence, he signed the acts of union between the Eastern and Western churches; on May 4 or 5, 1440, invested as patriarch of Constantinople; died on Aug. 1, 1443) Wikipedia, June 6, 2016: (Metrophanes II of Constantinople; Patriarch Metrophanes II of Constantinople; Bishop of Cyzicus in Asia Minor when he attended Countcil of Florence; appointed patriarch of Constantinople by Emperor John VII in May 1440; for his submission to the Union he was nicknamed Mitrofanus (Mother-Killer); deposed by a popular uprising and fled to Papal court in Rome; died in Constantinople August 1, 1443) Alef, Gustave, "Muscovy and the Council of Florence," Slavic Review, vol. 20, no. 3, Oct. 1961, via JSTOR: p. 396 (Patriarch Metrophanes of Constantinople) |
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