George II of Constantinople

George II Xiphilinos or Xiphilinus (Greek: Γεώργιος Ξιφιλῖνος; died 7 July 1198) was the Patriarch of Constantinople between 1191 and 1198 AD.^[1] According to Balsamon, George, during the reign of Alexios I Komnenos, added one member to the Exocatacoeli (an office similar to the Catholic cardinal in the Greek Church of the time), making it six.^[2]

George II of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Church	Church of Constantinople
In office	10 September 1191 – 7 July 1198
Predecessor	Dositheus of Constantinople
Successor	John X of Constantinople
Personal details
Born	?
Died	7 July 1198

References

1. "George II Xifilinos". Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
2. Diego Jiménez Arias; Jerónimo de Valencia; Juan de Lama Cubero; Narcís Oliva i Nadal (1792). Lexicon ecclesiasticum latino-hispanicum: ex Sacris Bibliis, conciliis ... (in Spanish and Latin). Retrieved September 5, 2011.

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Dositheus	Patriarch of Constantinople 1191–1198	Succeeded by John X Kamateros