David II (, Davit' II) was a 15th-century Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia consecrated in 1426.
Born into the Bagration dynasty, he was the fourth son of Alexander I, King of Georgia (r. 1412âÂÂ1442), by his second wife, Princess Tamar of Imereti. There is no scholarly consensus regarding the duration of David II's tenure as some historians, such Michel Tamarati, place three different catholicoi named DavidâÂÂDavid II or III (1426âÂÂ1428), David III or IV (1435âÂÂ1439), and David IV or V (1447âÂÂ1457)âÂÂin the course of the 15th century, the chronology also accepted by the Georgian Orthodox Church. Others, especially Cyril Toumanoff, see in these three names one and the same person, a son of Alexander I. The confusion arises from the three chronological groups of documents, while the inconsistency in the numerals after the catholical names is because some historians, like Tamarati, omit the catholicos David of 859âÂÂ861.
According to Toumanoff, David, born c. 1417, was destined by his father for the church career at a young age and became, or was designated to become, a catholicos in 1426. In the view of Toumanoff, his tenure lasted until his death c. 1457, while the two other contemporary catholicoi, Theodore and Shio, mentioned in the years 1427âÂÂ1434 and 1440âÂÂ1446, respectively, were his locum tenentes with the title of catholicos while David was still very young and before he himself acceded to the primacy of the Georgian church c. 1447.