Gregory II of Cyprus

Type Figure Region Byzantine Empire Time c. 1241–1290 Also known as Gregory II of Cyprus、Gregorios Kyprios、Γρηγόριος Β΄ ὁ Κύπριος

Gregory II of Cyprus (c. 1241–1290) was a Byzantine Orthodox theologian who served as Patriarch of Constantinople from 1283 to 1289.

Timeline

1241–1265Cyprus · CyprusBorn in Cyprus, he received monastic and scholarly training there and in Asia Minor, studying Aristotelian logic and Orthodox theology.
1265–1280Constantinople · ConstantinopleHe monasticized on Mount Athos, later taught in Constantinople and took part in theological controversies, publishing a balanced position on the Union of Lyon in the 1270s, opposing both simple submission to the West and blind resistance.
1283–1290Constantinople · ConstantinopleHe became patriarch in 1283, working to ease the aftereffects of the church union, reform church discipline, and continue theological writing; he resigned in 1289 for health reasons and died in 1290.

Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium — Alexander Kazhdan et al. (1991)
The Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Thirteenth Century — Vera von Falkenhausen