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Little is known of his life. The patriarchate having received, in 1600, the small, modest [[Patriarchal Church of Saint George (Phanar)|Church of St. George]] in the [[Phanar]] district of Constantinople for use as the patriarchal [[cathedral]], Patr. Timothy was able, on a second attempt in 1614, to get permission to conduct renovations to the building. He was able to enlarge and improved the structure of the church. However, the church was destroyed in the early eighteenth century by a fire that destroyed much of the Phanar area and was completely rebuilt by Patriarch [[Jeremiah Jeremias IIIof Constantinople|Jeremias III]]. On [[April 24]], 1619, Patr. Timothy II [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[Ignatius III Atiyah of Antioch|Ignatius III Atiyah]]Patriarch of Antioch who was to dispute with Cyril Dabbas to be the sole patriarch of Antioch during the period that led to the split between those in the Antiochian patriarchate who favored union with Rome.