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Saint Nicephorus

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Saint Nicephorus , 758?-829?, patriarch of Constantinople (806-15), Byzantine historian and theologian. St. Nicephorus attended the Second Council of Nicaea as lay representative of the emperor. His appointment by Emperor Nicephorus I to the patriarchate while he was still a layman aroused the anger of the monastic party under St. Theodore of Studium, but the quarrel was quieted. St. Nicephorus opposed iconoclasm and secured a pledge of orthodoxy from Emperor Michael I . Michael's successor, Leo V , however, insisted that the patriarch modify his views, but Nicephorus refused and was... Read more
Saint Theodore of Studium
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Saint Theodore of Studium , 759-826, Byzantine Greek monastic ... rite. He was exiled again (809-11) after long quarrels with Nicephorus I, and by Leo V when he opposed him (814). His influence ... Feast: Nov. 11. Author not available, THEODORE OF STUDIUM, SAINT. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008 Read more
Iconoclastic Controversy
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ... Controversy’ took place in 814 under Leo V the Armenian, who removed icons from churches and public buildings; the Patr. Nicephorus was deposed (815), and St Theodore of Studios was sent into exile. Persecution ended only with the death of the Emp. Theophilus ... Read more

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