Athanasius II ( gr, Αθανάσιος Β΄; 1229 – d. 1247+) was the

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from 1231 to 1244. The

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seems to have been largely in Athanasius' hands during the Latin control of Jerusalem. The Serbian Archbishop

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(1174–1237) guested Athanasius twice in the Holy Land, and according to Serbian chronicles they were good friends. After the Latin retreat from Jerusalem in 1244, the

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s (who were the majority of the south of the Latin kingdom) turned to Athanasius. Athanasius II was in negotiations with the Pope through friar Lawrence of Portugal in 1247; Innocent IV supported him against the Latin patriarch,

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