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Who replaced Patriarch Germanus I after Leo III removed him?
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Leo III
Leo III, gold solidus from Constantinople, 717–741.
After Emperor Leo III removed Patriarch Germanus I from office in 730 for refusing to support his Iconoclastic policies, he replaced him with a patriarch of his own choosing named Anastasius.1