Paulus II (Patriarch)

Paulus II († in Constantinople at the end of 653 ) was Patriarch of Constantinople from October 641 to December 653.

In the course of the unrest after the death of Emperor Herakleios , the patriarch Pyrrhos was overthrown and banished to Africa . The presbyter Paulos was after the fall of the Emperor Heraklonas and his mother Martina elevated to the new patriarch. Like his predecessor an advocate of monotheletism , he was excommunicated by Pope Theodore I in 643 and anathematized by Pope Martin I at the Lateran Synod of 649 (confirmed at the Third Council of Constantinople 680/681). During the uprising of General Valentinos in 644/645, Paulos sided with Emperor Konstans II , for whom he headed a Senate College together with Empress Gregoria until about 650 in governing affairs. On his initiative, Constans II. 648 issued the type that forbade the discussion of monotheletic doctrine. When Pope Martin I was sentenced to death in Constantinople in 653 for high treason - he allegedly supported the usurpation of the exarch Olympios - Paulos is said to have spoken out in favor of a lighter sentence in exile . After his death, his predecessor Pyrrhos returned to the patriarchate for another five months in early 654.

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• John of Nikiu 120
• Liber Pontificalis 1, 16 a. 81
• Nikephorus 31
• Theophanes AM 6133 et al. 6145 (p. 331 and 342 in the edition by Carl de Boor )
• Johannes Zonaras 14, 19

literature

• Ralph-Johannes Lilie , Claudia Ludwig, Thomas Pratsch, Ilse Rochow, Beate Zielke: Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine Period . 1st department: (641−867). Volume 3: Leon (# 4271) - Placentius (# 6265). Created after preliminary work by F. Winkelmann . Published by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. De Gruyter, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-11-016673-9 , pp. 51-52 No. 5763 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Pyrrhus	Patriarch of Constantinople 641–653	Pyrrhus