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St. Methodius I: Quick Facts

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Also Known As St. Methodios I
Born 788 or 800 • Syracuse • Italy
Died June 14, 847 • Istanbul • Turkey
Role In Iconoclastic Controversy
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St. John of Damascus
Christian saint
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Saint Germanus I
Byzantine patriarch
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Saint Nicephorus I
Greek Orthodox patriarch
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Saint Theophanes the Confessor
Byzantine monk
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Saint Theodore Studites
Byzantine saint
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Theōdūrus Abū Qurrah
Syrian bishop
Paul I, Saint
Saint Paul I
pope
Gregory III, Saint
Saint Gregory III
pope
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Saint Gregory II
pope
Leo III
Leo III
Byzantine emperor
Theophilus
Theophilus
Byzantine emperor
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Dionisy
Russian artist
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Simon Ushakov
Russian artist
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Saint Andrey Rublyov
Russian painter
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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Leo IV
Byzantine emperor
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George the Monk
Byzantine historian
Portrait of Daidō Ichii by Kichizan with a laudatory inscription by Shōkai Reiken (not reproduced here), hanging scroll, ink on paper; in the Nara National Museum, Japan
Kichizan
Japanese painter
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Theophanes The Greek
Byzantine painter