Paulos 2 was Paulos II, patriarch of Constantinople from 641 to 653. A priest and oikonomos of Hagia Sophia (Παῦλος πρεσβύτερος καὶ οἰκονόμος τῆς ἐκκλησίας), he succeeded Pyrrhos 1 as patriarch of Constantinople in October 641; he remained patriarch for twelve years: Theoph. AM 6133, Nic., Chron. 60 (two years twenty-six days; perhaps the letter ten has been omitted), cf. Theoph. AM 6144 (twelve years), Zon. XIV 19. 1-2. 21 (twelve years). His successor, briefly, was Pyrrhos 1 again: Theoph. AM 6145, Zon. XIV 19. 21. The patriarch of Constantinople ("patriarcha regiae urbis"), Paulos 2 was urged by pope Theodore I (Theodoros 49) in a letter and by the papal apocrisiarii to correct his errors and return to the orthodox faith; he refused and was deposed by the pope from his see: Lib. Pont. 75. 6. "Constantinopolitanae urbis episcopus"; he remained firm in his beliefs and persuaded the emperor Constans II (Konstans 1) to issue a decree, the Typos, in support; he also prevented the papal apocrisiarii in Constantinople from celebrating mass by overthrowing their altar in the Domus Placidiae: Lib. Pont. 76. 1-2. He was one of those condemned as heretics at the Lateran Council of 649 under pope Martin I (Martinos 6) (the others were Cyrus of Alexandria (Kyros 2) and Sergios (patriarch of Constantinople from 610 to 638) and Pyrrhos 1): Lib. Pont. 76. 3. Patriarch of Constantinople; he was responsible for the issuing of the Typos by the emperor Konstans 1: Theod. Spoud., Hypomnesticum (Gk), 4, p. 72. Patriarch of Constantinople, he was accused of heresy with Kyros 2, Sergios (patriarch of Constantinople from 610 to 638) and Pyrrhos 1 because of their monothelete views and like them was convicted and condemned at the Lateran Council in 649: Conc. Lat., p. 22, line 7 with p. 23, line 7, cf. p. 26, lines 34-39 with p. 27, lines 31-37 and p. 28, lines 18-23 with p. 29, lines 17-21 (it was proposed that their own writings be scrutinised), p. 38, line 27 with p. 39, lines 24-25, p. 48, lines 5-8 with p. 49, lines 5-8, p. 52, line 8 with p. 53, line 6, p. 52, line 36 with p. 53, line 33, p. 58, lines 4ff. with p. 59, lines 4ff., p. 192, lines 35ff. with p. 193, lines 35ff., p. 194, lines 8ff. with p. 195, lines 8ff., p. 214, lines 7ff. with p. 215, lines 7ff., p. 234, lines 12-13 with p. 235, line 12, p. 236, line 1 with p. 235, line 35, p. 238, lines 1-10 with p. 239, lines 1-9, p. 238, lines 26ff. with p. 239, lines 26ff., p. 244, lines 12ff. with p. 245, lines 12ff., p. 316, lines 4-5 with p. 317, lines 3- 4, p. 336, lines 6-7 with p. 337, lines 6-7, p. 380, lines 18 - p. 384, line 27 with p. 381, line 17 - p. 385, line 25 (formally condemned), p. 390, lines 8-13 with p. 391, lines 5-11, p. 402, lines 7-12 with p. 403, lines 7-11, p. 404, lines 35ff. with p. 405, lines 36ff., p. 423, lines 32ff. He and Pyrrhos 1 were the successors of Sergios as patriarch of Constantinople: Conc. Lat., p. 12, lines 6-7 with p. 13, line 6, p. 16, line 33 with p. 17, line 34, p. 38, line 27 with p. 39, lines 24-25, p. 48, lines 7-8 with p. 49, line 7, p. 192, line 36 with p. 193, line 35, cf. p. 338, line 1 with p. 339, line 1 (successor of Pyrrhos 1). He is named with Kyros 2, Sergios (the former patriarch of Constantinople), and Pyrrhos 1 as the chief promoters of the heresy: Conc. Lat., p. 12, lines 5-7 with p. 13, lines 4-6. He wrote to the bishop of Rome (in May 645, see below) supporting the heretical views expressed in the Ecthesis of Heraklios I and for this was expelled from his see; he then persuaded the emperor Konstans 1 to issue the Typos in support of his views; he also forbade the papal apocrisiarii at Constantinople to worship at their altar, which he overturned, in the Domus Placidiae and when they protested he persecuted them and other of his opponents, with imprisonment, exile and beatings: Conc. Lat., p. 18, lines 8-31 with p. 19, lines 7-30, cf. p. 54, lines 4-5 with p. 55, lines 3-4 (deposed by pope Theodore I, Theodoros 49), p. 192, line 38 - p. 194, lines 1-2 with p. 193, line 37 - p. 195, lines 1-2 (he imprisoned, exiled and beat his opponents), p. 212, lines 35-36 with p. 213, lines 35-36 (he accepted the Ecthesis and was responsible for the Typos). In May 645 (May of the third indiction) he wrote a letter to pope Theodoros 49 expressing his support for the Ecthesis (see above): Conc. Lat., pp. 196-205, cf. p. 196, line 3 with p. 197, line 3, p. 196, line 10 with p. 197, line 10, p. 196, lines 18-19 with p. 197, lines 18-19, p. 204, lines 14ff. with p. 205, lines 14ff. He persuaded the emperor Konstans 1 to issue the Typos in 648: Conc. Lat., p. 44, lines 24-25 with p. 45, lines 24-25, p. 54, lines 2-4 with p. 55, lines 1-3, p. 194, lines 18- 20 with p. 195, lines 17-18, p. 196, lines 4-5 (in 648) with p. 197, lines 3-4, p. 206, lines 20-21 with p. 207, lines 20-21. Addressee of synodical letters from the African bishops, sent to Rome to be forwarded, urging him to condemn the heretical views accepted by his predecessors Sergios and Pyrrhos 1: Conc. Lat., pp. 80-90 (the text of a letter to him, addressed δεσπότῃ μακαριωτάτῳ καὶ τιμιωτάτῳ πατρὶ Παύλῳ τῷ ἁγιωτάτῳ πατριάρχῃ), cf. p. 68, line 16 - p. 70, line 15, with p. 69, line 15 - p. 71, line 12, p. 72, lines 7-11 with p. 73, lines 5-9, p. 74, lines 31ff. with p. 75, lines 31ff., p. 94, lines 19-20 with p. 95, lines 19-20, p. 96, lines 1-2 with p. 97, lines 1-2, p. 102, lines 29-35 with p. 103, lines 29- 34. They also wrote to the emperor Konstans 1 asking him to force Paulos 2 to reject the heresy: Conc. Lat., p. 74, lines 23-26 with p. 75, lines 24-26, p. 78, lines 36-39 with p. 79, lines 36-39. He was accused by the bishop of Carthage, Victor 6, of supporting the doctrines of one will and one energy and of distributing pamphlets around the churches at Constantinople supporting the heresy: Conc. Lat., p. 100, lines 24-32 with p. 101, lines 22-31, p. 104, lines 11ff. with p. 105, lines 10ff.

Paulos 2 advised the emperor Konstans 1 to send Olympios 1 to Italy in order to enforce acceptance there of the Typos: Lib. Pont. 76. 4.

He was one of the former patriarchs of Constantinople named at the Third Council of Constantinople (the Sixth Ecumenical Council) in 680 and 681 as a supporter of monotheletism: Riedinger II 2. 20, line 27 (= Mansi XI 213) (first session), Riedinger II 2. 108-110 (= Mansi XI 276) (letter of pope Agatho 1 referring to a letter from Paulos 2 to the pope, Theodoros 49, confessing the doctrine of One Will), Riedinger II 2. 132, line 7 (= Mansi XI 292) (letter from Agatho 1 and the Council of Rome in 680), Riedinger II 2. 578-586 (= Mansi XI 556) (thirteenth session), Riedinger II 2. 772, line 7 (= Mansi XI 636) (eighteenth session), Riedinger II 2. 888, line 31 (= Mansi XI 684) (definition of the faith), cf. Zon. XIV 21. 9 (one of the former patriarchs anathematised by this council), Photius, Ep. 1, line 330 (I 12 Laourdas-Westerink; former patriarch of Constantinople, anathematised as a monothelete at the Council of Constantinople). In the patriarchal chartophylakion at Constantinople was kept a register containing letters from Paulos 2, one of them to the pope Theodoros 49, and three volumes (tomoi) of addresses to the emperor Konstans 1, all concerning One Will and One Energy; these were brought from there to the Council at the thirteenth session by Georgios 33: Riedinger II 2. 586 (= Mansi XI 560). The letter to Theodoros 49 was read from at this session: Riedinger II 2. 608 (= Mansi XI 572). At the fourteenth session it was reported by Konstantinos 24 how Paulos 2 had instructed him to translate the libelli of Vigilius into Latin and to have them copied and inserted into a Latin codex of the Fifth Ecumenical Council: Riedinger II 2. 652-654 (= Mansi XI 593-596). He was included in the anathemata at the end of the sixteenth session: Riedinger II 2. 702, line 20 (= Mansi XI 621). A former patriarch, named as a monothelete in the imperial edict issued after the Council of Constantinople: Riedinger II 2. 834, line 15, 852, line 16 (= Mansi XI 700, 712). He was condemned by the Council of Constantinople in 681 and his name was among those erased from the diptychs: Lib. Pont. 81. 14, 82. 2. Named among the leaders of the monothelete heresy condemned at the Council of Constantinople: Paul. Diac., Hist. Lang. VI 4.

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