Anton II of Georgia | |
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 Patriarch Anton II by Vladimir Borovikovsky, now on display at the Tretyakov Gallery | |
| Great Martyr | |
| Born | 8 January 1762/1763 |
| Died | 21 December 1827 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 11 July 2011 by Georgian Orthodox Church |
| Feast | December 21 |
| St. Anton II of Georgia | |
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| Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia | |
| Tenure | 1788–1811 |
| Predecessor | Anton I of Georgia |
| Successor | Office abolished by the Russian Empire |
| Dynasty | Bagrationi dynasty |
| Father | Heraclius II of Georgia |
| Mother | Darejan Dadiani |
| Religion | Georgian Orthodox Church |
| Khelrtva | .svg) |
Anton II the Great Martyr (Georgian: ანტონ II), born Prince Royal Teimuraz (თეიმურაზ ბატონიშვილი), (8 January 1762 or 1763 – 21 December 1827) was a member of the Georgian royal family and churchman. A son of Heraclius II, the penultimate King of Kartli and Kakheti, he was the Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia from 1788 to 1811.
After the Russian Empire annexed Georgia in 1801, Anton resisted the encroachments from the Imperial officials in the Georgian church affairs. Eventually, Anton was forced to leave Georgia for St. Petersburg in 1810 and stripped of his office in 1811. He was, thus, the last Georgian catholicos patriarch in the 19th century; the title was abolished by the Russian Empire and the autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church was reduced to an exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. Anton spent his last years in retirement in Nizhny Novgorod, where he died in 1827. He was canonized by the Georgian church in 2011.