Eugenius II of Constantinople
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Eugenius II of Constantinople (Greek: Εὐγένιος; c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – 27 July 1822) was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1821 until his death in 1822.[1][2] Prior to his election as Patriarch, he was Archbishop of Anchialos in Bulgaria.
Eugenius II was among the Archbishops held as hostages by Mahmud II along with Gregory V of Constantinople when the Greek War of Independence broke out in 1821. On 10 April 1821, Gregory V was deposed and hanged by the Ottomans in the central gate of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Archbishop Eugenius II, still a prisoner at the time, was elected as the new Patriarch under the name Eugenius II.
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