Changes

Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Antony Anthony II Kauleas''' (Greek: Αντώνιος Β΄ Καυλέας) was the Patriarch of Constantinople from 893 to 901. His feast day is [[February 12]].

Antony was born in 829 near Constantinople into a noble family that had moved to the countryside near Constantinople from Phrygia to escape the persecution of the Iconoclasts. Antony Anthony became a [[monk]] at a [[monastery]] in Constantinople when he was 12 years old. He, later, entered the [[Holy Orders]] and eventually became the [[abbot]] of the monastery. After the restoration of Patr. Ignastius in 867, Antony contributed to the reconciliation between the supporters of Patrs. [[Photius the Great|Photius I]] and [[Ignatius of Constantinople|Ignatius]], both of whom were pursuing the same policies. He came to the attention of Stylianos Zaoutzes, the powerful minister of Eastern Roman Emperor [[Leo VI]] the Wise, who had ascended to the throne in 886. Antony Anthony supported Leo against Patr. Photius when Leo replaced Photius with younger Leo's brother [[Stephen I of Constantinople|Stephen I]]. Upon the death of Patr. Stephen I, Antony Anthony was appointed by Leo as [[patriarch]] of Constantinople in 893.

Patr. Antony Anthony II was a pious man who generously endowed [[monasticism|monastic]] foundations and founded or re-founded the Kaulea monastery with the support of the emperor.

Patr. Antony Anthony reposed in peace on February 12, 901 in Constantinople and was buried in the [[church]] of his monastery. He was glorified a saint.