Theodore II (''Tevdore'') ( ka, თეოდორე) was

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, from 1187 to 1204. During a revolt of

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Qutlu Arslan and Tamar's disgraced husband,

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, around 1191, Theodore remained loyal to the Queen. He, along with Anton Kutateli, the Archbishop of Kutaisi was sent to make peace with the rebels, but was unsuccessful. The chronicler of Tamar describes how Tamar and Catholicos-Patriarch accompanied Georgian army, as far as the cave-monastery at

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, and stayed there to pray for their victory before an

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of the Holy Theotokos as the army marched toward

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. His tenure is marked by enlargement of several monasteries, such as Shio-Mgvie and Gelati.

Sources

*B. Lominadze, ''

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'', IV, p. 652, Tbilisi, 1979 Dmitri Gamq’relidze, "The History and Eulogy of Monarchs" 13th-century people from Georgia (country) Catholicoses and Patriarchs of Georgia (country) Year of birth unknown {{Georgia-geo-stub