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Maximus became patriarch in June 1216. He was patriarch-in-exile, living in Nicea, as his titular seat was occupied by Latin patriarchs in Constantinople.
His appointment as patriarch was criticized by the writers George Akropolites (c.1217-1282) and [[Nikephoros Kallistos|Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos ]] (1256-1335), noting him as "uneducated".<ref>[[Xanthopoulos]] (PG 147.465b)</ref> and having become patriarch through 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."<ref>George Akropolites (Ruth Macrides, ed). ''The History''. Oxford: University Press, 2007. Pp. 159-161.</ref>
Maximus II died in office in December 1216 after only six months on the patriarchal throne.
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