Iconoclastic Controversy: Quick Facts


Facts

Date c. 701 - c. 900
Participants Byzantine Empire • Eastern Orthodoxy

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Key People

Leo III
Leo III
Byzantine emperor
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St. John of Damascus
Christian saint
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Theōdūrus Abū Qurrah
Syrian bishop
Theophilus
Theophilus
Byzantine emperor
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Saint Germanus I
Byzantine patriarch
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Saint Nicephorus I
Greek Orthodox patriarch
Michael II, coin, 9th century; in the British Museum
Michael II
Byzantine emperor
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Leo V
Byzantine emperor
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Saint Theodore Studites
Byzantine saint
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Leo IV
Byzantine emperor
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St. Methodius I
patriarch of Constantinople