Back Joan XII de Constantinoble Catalan Johannes XII. (Konstantinopel) German Ιωάννης ΙΒ΄ Greek Jean XII Kosmas French Giovanni XII di Costantinopoli Italian Јован XII Цариградски Macedonian Jan XII (patriarcha Konstantynopola) Polish João XII de Constantinopla Portuguese Ioan al XII-lea al Constantinopolului Romanian Иоанн XII (патриарх Константинопольский) Russian
John XII of Constantinople | |
|---|---|
| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Church | Church of Constantinople |
| In office | 1 January 1294 – 21 June 1303 |
| Predecessor | Athanasius I of Constantinople |
| Successor | Athanasius I of Constantinople |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sozopolis (now Sozopol, Bulgaria) |
| Died | After 1308 Sozopolis (now Sozopol, Bulgaria) |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
John XII of Constantinople (Greek: Ἰωάννης; died after 1308) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1294 to 1303. John XII was born in Sozopolis on the western Black Sea coast (now Sozopol, Bulgaria). Prior to becoming patriarch, he was known as Kosmas.[1]
- ^ MacGillivray Nicol, Donald (1993). The last centuries of Byzantium, 1261–1453 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-521-43991-6.