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Jeremias II

patriarch of Constantinople
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c. 1530, Anchialos, Ottoman Empire [now Pomorie, Bulg.]
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1595, Constantinople [now Istanbul]
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Jeremias II (born c. 1530, Anchialos, Ottoman Empire [now Pomorie, Bulg.]—died 1595, Constantinople [now Istanbul]) was the patriarch of Constantinople and one of the most capable leaders of the Greek Orthodox church. Elected patriarch in 1572 by popular acclaim, Jeremias immediately instituted a reform by disciplining the clergy and prosecuting simony (the sale and purchase of ecclesiastical offices). Having irritated the Holy Synod, the council of bishops, by his zeal, he was deposed in 1579. Public clamour, however, returned him to office after nine months. In 1584 he was again deposed; but once again, after two years, his popularity, backed ...(100 of 327 words)

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