Sergius II

Sergius II (died July 1019) was the patriarch of Constantinople (1001–19) who claimed the title of “ecumenical patriarch” against the objections of the papacy. He also supported for a time the continuing schismatical movement begun in 867 in the Byzantine church by the patriarch Photius (c. 820–895), occasioned by a speculative theological controversy concerning the doctrine of the divine Trinity. Abbot of a monastery in Constantinople, Sergius II was elected patriarch about July 1001. A...