Saint Theophanes the Confessor: Quick Facts


Facts

Born c.752
Died c.818 • Samothrace • Greece
Subjects Of Study Byzantine Empire
Role In Iconoclastic Controversy

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Saint Nicephorus I
Greek Orthodox patriarch
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George the Monk
Byzantine historian
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Saint Germanus I
Byzantine patriarch
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George Acropolites
Byzantine statesman and scholar
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Michael Glycas
Byzantine historian and theologian
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St. John of Damascus
Christian saint
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George Sphrantzes
Byzantine historian
Leo III
Leo III
Byzantine emperor
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Demetrius Cydones
Byzantine scholar and statesman
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Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos
Byzantine historian
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Saint Theodore Studites
Byzantine saint
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Matthew Blastares
Greek theologian and scholar
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Theōdūrus Abū Qurrah
Syrian bishop
Theophilus
Theophilus
Byzantine emperor
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Procopius
Byzantine historian
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Michael Psellus
Byzantine philosopher, theologian, and statesman
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Theophylactus Simocattes
Byzantine historian
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George Pachymeres
Byzantine scholar
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Macarius Bulgakov
Russian Orthodox metropolitan
John VI Cantacuzenus, detail from an illuminated manuscript, 14th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Ms. Gr. 1242).
John VI Cantacuzenus
Byzantine emperor