Melchizedek II of Georgia

Melchizedek II (Georgian: მელქისედეკ I; died c. 1553) was the Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia in the years of c. 1538–1541[1] or in the periods of 1528-1529, 1540-1545, and 1548-1552.[2] He was a son of King Constantine II of Kartli by his wife Tamar.

Ancestry

References

  1. Toumanoff, Cyrille (1990). Les dynasties de la Caucasie Chrétienne: de l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle: tables généalogiques et chronologique [Dynasties of Christian Caucasia from Antiquity to the 19th century: genealogical and chronological tables] (in French). Rome. pp. 140–141.
  2. "Leaders of Georgian Church". Patriarchate of Georgia. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by
Malachias
Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
1538–1541
Succeeded by
Germanus
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