Theodore II ( la, Theodorus; grc-gre, Θεόδωρος, Theódōros) was
Exarch of Ravenna
The Exarchate of Ravenna ( la, Exarchatus Ravennatis; el, Εξαρχάτο της Ραβέννας) or of Italy was a lordship of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) in Italy, from 584 to 751, when the last exarch was put to death by the ...
from 677 to 687.
Theodore succeeded
Gregory in 677. He is recorded as confirming the election of
Conon
Conon ( el, Κόνων) (before 443 BC – c. 389 BC) was an Athenian general at the end of the Peloponnesian War, who led the Athenian naval forces when they were defeated by a Peloponnesian fleet in the crucial Battle of Aegospotami; later he c ...
as Pope on 21 October 686.
A pious man, Theodore patronized the
Archbishop
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...
of
Ravenna
Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...
during his tenure. The historian
Andreas Agnellus Andreas Agnellus of Ravenna (c. 794/799 – after 846) was a historian of the bishops in his city. The date of his death is not recorded, although his history mentions the death of archbishop George of Ravenna in 846; Oswald Holder-Egger cites a pap ...
describes his gifts to the churches of St. Theodore the Deacon and
St. Mary of Blachernae and records that the Exarch was buried with his wife in the second monastery.
[Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis ''The Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna'' (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 2004), p. 238] He was, in turn, followed by
John II Platyn
John Platyn or Platinus ( la, Iohannes Platinus; grc-gre, Ιωάννης ο Πλατύς, Iōánnēs o Platús) was Exarch of Ravenna from 687 to either 701 or 702.
John replaced Theodore II as exarch in 687. That same year, he took an active r ...
in 687.
Notes
7th-century exarchs of Ravenna
687 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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