Gabriel II of Constantinople

Gabriel II
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
ChurchChurch of Constantinople
Appointed23 April 1657
Term ended30 April 1657
PredecessorParthenius III
SuccessorParthenius IV
Other post(s)Metropolitan of Prousa
Previous post(s)Metropolitan of Ganos and Chora
Personal details
Bornunknown
Died3 December 1659
Prousa (Bursa)
Sainthood
Feast dayDecember 3
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church

Gabriel II (Greek: Γαβριήλ; died 3 December 1659) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople for one week in 1657.

In 1659 he was hanged by the Ottoman Sultan for having baptized a converted Muslim, and after refusing to abjure his own Christian faith. He is hence revered as New Hieromartyr Gabriel, Metropolitan of Prousa and his feast in the Eastern Orthodox Church is December 3.[1]

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