Stephen II of Constantinople

"Patriarch Stephen II" redirects here. For other uses, see Stephen II of Antioch.

Stephen II of Constantinople (Greek: Στέφανος Stefanos; died 19 July 928) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 29 June 925 to 18 July 928.

Stephen II of Constantinople
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Lead seal of "Stephen, Archbishop of Constantinople New Rome", either of Stephen I or of Stephen II
Installed	29 June 925
Term ended	18 July 928
Predecessor	Nicholas I of Constantinople
Successor	Tryphon of Constantinople
Personal details
Died	19 July 928
Denomination	Chalcedonian Christianity

He appears to have been appointed to the post by Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos after the death of Nicholas I of Constantinople as a stop-gap until Romanos I's own son, Theophylact, was old enough to assume the post.^[1] Steven Runciman calls him a "deliberate nonentity".^[2] He is a saint, commemorated on 18 July.^[3]