Patriarch Mark II of Constantinople

Mark II
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Church	Church of Constantinople
Appointed	Autumn 1465
Term ended	Autumn 1466
Predecessor	Gennadius Scholarius
Successor	Symeon I
Other posts	Archbishop of Ohrid from 1467
Personal details
Previous post	Metropolitan of Adrianople

Mark II Xylokaravis (Greek: Μάρκος Β΄ Ξυλοκαράβης, Bulgarian: Марк Ксилокарав, Macedonian: Марко Ксилокараф) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1465 to 1466. In 1467 he became Archbishop of Ohrid, a post he held until his death.

Concerning the early life of Mark our main source is a document of the Senate of Venice dated 26 June 1466, which orders the Venetian government in Crete to prevent Mark and his father in case they tried to seek refuge on the island. From this document scholars, such as Laurent, deduce that in June 1466 Mark was actually Patriarch, that he and his family had previously been in Crete and that they opposed the East-West Union of Churches established in the Council of Florence and supported by the Republic of Venice.

Mark became Metropolitan of Adrianople in 1464, and in autumn 1465 (or early 1466) he was elected Patriarch of Constantinople with the support of lay archons such as the Great Chartophylax George Galesiotes and the Grand Ecclesiarch (i.e. Head Sacristan) Manuel (the future Patriarch Maximus III), as well as the secretary of the Sultan Demetrios Kyritzes. On the other hand it is known that some bishops refused to commemorate him during the Divine Liturgy, as a sign that they did not recognize him as patriarch, probably accusing him of simony.

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