Melchizedek II ( ka, მელქისედეკ I, tr; died 1553) was the

Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia ''Catholicos-Patriarch'' has been the title of the heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1010. The first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia was Melkisedek I (1010–1033). In the 15th century the Georgian Orthodox Church was divided into th ...

in the years of 1538–1541 or in the periods of 1528-1529, 1540-1545, and 1548-1552. He was a son of King

Constantine II of Kartli Constantine II ( ka, კონსტანტინე II, tr) (c. 1447 – 1505), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a 23rd king and last of United Georgia from 1478 until his death. Early in the 1490s, he had to recognise the independence of h ...

by his wife Tamar.

Ancestry

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{{authority control Catholicoses and Patriarchs of Georgia (country) 16th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops 16th-century people from Georgia (country) Bagrationi dynasty of the Kingdom of Kartli Georgian princes 1550 deaths Year of birth unknown