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His All-Holiness '''Marcus II Xylokaraves of Constantinople''', also '''Mark II''', was Patriarch of Constantinople for only a part of the year 1466 before he was [[deposition|deposed]] after being maliciously accused by his opponents. | His All-Holiness '''Marcus II Xylokaraves of Constantinople''', also '''Mark II''', was Patriarch of Constantinople for only a part of the year 1466 before he was [[deposition|deposed]] after being maliciously accused by his opponents. | ||
| − | Marcus was elected [[patriarch]] by a vote of the hierarchy and [[clergy]] of the patriarchate. He was well educated, but had malicious opponents who reached the Sultan with a bribe of a thousand florins to seat their candidate [[Symeon I of Trebizond|Symeon]]. This resulted in Patr. Marcus' humiliating deposition and anathematization on a charge of simony. <ref> | + | Marcus was elected [[patriarch]] by a vote of the hierarchy and [[clergy]] of the patriarchate. He was well educated, but had malicious opponents who reached the Sultan with a bribe of a thousand florins to seat their candidate [[Symeon I of Trebizond|Symeon]]. This resulted in Patr. Marcus' humiliating deposition and anathematization on a charge of simony. <ref>[http://www.scribd.com/doc/3278320/Patriarchs-of-Constantinople] C. D. Cobham, ''The Patriarchs of Constantinople'', Cambridge at the University Press, 1911, Introduction II, p75 </ref> Later, during the patriarchate of [[Dionysius I of Constantinople|Dionysius I]], from 1467 to 1472, Marcus was exonerated by a council in Constantinople and appointed [[archbishop]] of Ochrid. |
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Revision as of 22:02, January 2, 2012
His All-Holiness Marcus II Xylokaraves of Constantinople, also Mark II, was Patriarch of Constantinople for only a part of the year 1466 before he was deposed after being maliciously accused by his opponents.
Marcus was elected patriarch by a vote of the hierarchy and clergy of the patriarchate. He was well educated, but had malicious opponents who reached the Sultan with a bribe of a thousand florins to seat their candidate Symeon. This resulted in Patr. Marcus' humiliating deposition and anathematization on a charge of simony. [1] Later, during the patriarchate of Dionysius I, from 1467 to 1472, Marcus was exonerated by a council in Constantinople and appointed archbishop of Ochrid.
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| Marcus II Xylokaraves of Constantinople | ||
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| Preceded by: Joasaph I |
Patriarch of Constantinople 1466-1466 |
Succeeded by: Symeon I of Trebizond |
| Preceded by: ? |
Archbishop of Ochrid 14xx-14xx |
Succeeded by: ? |
