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Key facts
- Reign
- 4 June 713 – late 715
- Predecessor
- Philippicus
- Successor
- Theodosius III
- Died
- 1 June 719, Church of the Holy Apostles , Constantinople , (now Istanbul , Turkey )
- Spouse
- Irene
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Place of death
- Constantinople
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- Byzantine emperor
- Languages spoken
- medieval Greek
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Image
- Solidus-Anastasius II-sb1463.jpg
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- Commons category
- Anastasius II
- date of birth
- 0700-01-01
- date of death
- 0719-06-01
- cause of death
- decapitation
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedic overview
DynastyTwenty Years' Anarchy
Anastasius II (Greek: Ἀναστάσιος, romanized: Anastásios; died 719), born Artemius (Greek: Ἀρτέμιος, romanized: Artémios), was the Byzantine emperor from 713 to 715. His reign was marked by significant religious and political decisions aimed at stabilizing the Empire. One of his notable actions was reversing the previous appointment of a Monothelete patriarch of Constantinople, instead reinstating Orthodoxy by appointing Germanus I to the position. This move was made in an effort to gain the favor of Pope Constantine.
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