George II of Constantinople

George II Xiphilinos (Greek: Γεώργιος Ξιφιλῖνος; died 7 July 1198) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople between 1191 and 1198.^[1]

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	George Xiphilinos
Died	7 July 1198
Denomination	Eastern Orthodoxy

George was born to the Xiphilinos family, to which previous Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople belonged. According to Theodore Balsamon, George II, during the reign of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos, added one member to the Exokatakoiloi (an office similar to the Catholic cardinal in the Greek Church of the time), making it six.^[2]