Shio II of Georgia

Shio II (Georgian: შიო II) was a 15th-century Georgian prelate mentioned as the Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia in the documents dating from 1440 to 1443/47. Shio was a close associate of King Alexander I of Georgia, with whom he cooperated to restore the kingdom from the effects of the disastrous invasions by Timur earlier that century.

## Biography[edit]

Shio's tenure is preceded and succeeded by those of the catholicos named David, whom traditional lists of the Georgian prelates, such as those compiled by Michel Tamarati[1] and Roin Metreveli,[2] and that accepted by the Georgian Orthodox Church,[3] identify as David III (1435–1439) and David IV (1443/47–1457), respectively. Some historians, especially Cyril Toumanoff, see in these names one and the same person, David II, a son of King Alexander I. Toumanoff, further, conjectures that Shio was a locum tenens for David II, who was designated by his father to become the prelate of the Georgian church at a very young age.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Toumanoff 1949–51, p. 190.
2. ^ Metreveli 2000, p. 72.
3. ^ "Leaders of Georgian Church". Patriarchate of Georgia. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
4. ^ Toumanoff 1949–51, pp. 189–190.

## Notes[edit]

* Metreveli, Roin (2000). საქართველოს კათოლიკოს–პატრიარქები [Catholicos-Patriarchs of Georgia] (in Georgian). Tbilisi: Nekeri.
* Toumanoff, Cyril (1949–51). "The Fifteenth-Century Bagratids and the Institution of Collegial Sovereignty in Georgia". Traditio. 7: 169–221. doi:10.1017/S0362152900015142. S2CID 149043757.

Eastern Orthodox Church titles

Preceded by

David III

|  Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia
1440-1443/47  | Succeeded by

David IV

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