Maximus II (? – December 1216) was Patriarch of Constantinople from June to December 1216. He had been abbot of the monastery of the ''Akoimetoi'' and was the confessor of the Empire of Nicaea, Nicaean emperor Theodore I Laskaris before he became patriarch. George Akropolites and Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Xanthopoulos are highly critical of Maximos, suggesting that he was "uneducated" and that the only reason he was made patriarch was his intrigue into the palace's women's quarters. Akropolites writes that he "paid court to the women's quarters and was in turn courted by it; for it was nothing else which raised him to such eminence."George Akropolites Ruth Macrides, ed). ''The History''. Oxford: University Press, 2007, pp. 159–161. Maximus was Patriarch-in-exile as at the time his titular seat was occupied by the Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, and he lived in Iznik, Nicaea. He died in office after only six months on the patriarchal throne.

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1216 deaths 13th-century patriarchs of Constantinople People of the Empire of Nicaea Year of birth unknown {{EasternOrthodoxy-bishop-stub