GIUSEPPE II, patriarch of COSTANTINOPOLI. - Bulgarian by birth (1416), he took part in the Council of Florence. Having died before the promulgation of the Bull of Union, he had already adhered to the first and principal article, namely that concerning the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son; indeed, he left a testament on the matter, drawn up shortly before his death, which occurred on 10 June 1439.
In it he declared his adherence to the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory and of Roman primacy. He was therefore buried in the Catholic church of S. Maria Novella, in the presence of the Latin cardinals and bishops, according to the Greek rite, on 11 June 1439. His tomb, with its funerary monument bearing a fresco portrait and a Latin inscription, as well as some final Greek words, is still preserved.