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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Iconoclasm
Leo the Isaurian was a valiant soldier with an autocratic temper.
Leo III's idea was to purify the Church, centralize it as much as possible under the Patriarch of Constantinople, and thereby strengthen and centralize the State of the empire.
Constantine V, their hero had been a valiant and successful general against the Moslems, Michael I (811-13), who kept the Faith of the Second Council of Nicaea, was singularly unfortunate in his attempt to defend the empire.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/07620a.htm   (6615 words)

  
 List of Byzantine Emperors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leo II (467 - 474, ruled 474) – grandson of Leo I, son of Zeno
Constantine V Kopronymos (the Dung-named) (Κωνσταντίνος Ε' ο Κοπρώνυμος ή Καβαλίνος) (718 - 745, ruled 741) – son of Leo III; deposed
Leo IV the Khazar (Λέων Δ' o Χαζάρος) (750 - 780, ruled 775 - 780) – son of Constantine V
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Byzantine_Emperors   (2319 words)

  
 Patron Saints Index: Saint Theodore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Persecuted for their beliefs by Byzantine iconoclast Emperor Leo V the Armenian beginning c.
Sent as the Patriach's emissary to the court in Constantinople to persuade Leo not to interfere in ecclesiastical matters.
Leo had Theodore scourged, then exiled him and Theophanes to a barren island in the Black Sea.
www.catholicforum.com /Saints/saintt74.htm   (244 words)

  
 Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of April 19
Leo combatted simony, enforced celibacy among the clergy, encouraged development of the chant and the liturgy, condemned Berengarius, and strove to prevent the schism between the Eastern and Western churches that was being engineered by Emperor Michael Coerularius.
Leo IX decided to consolidate the material position of the papacy by adding parts of southern Italy to his territories, but this proved to be his undoing.
Pope Leo IX was captured at Civitella and imprisoned at Benevento.
www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0419.htm   (1712 words)

  
 St. Pachomius Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A Byzantine monastic and chronicler, St. Theophanes (called the Confessor or the Chronicler) was related to the Macedonian royal family and was educated at the imperial court at Constantinople, where he later served under Leo IV the Isaurian.
Theophanes and his wife became monastics after two years of marriage, and he founded two monasteries, one on Mt. Sigriane and another on the island of Kalonymous.
Leo V the Armenian, an iconoclast, imprisoned Theophanes and had him tortured.
www.voskrese.info /spl/Xtheophanesc.html   (189 words)

  
 CONSTANTINOPLE - Online Information article about CONSTANTINOPLE
In 813 Leo V. the Armenian built the wall which stands in front of the wall of Heraclius to strengthen that point in view of an expected attack by the Bulgarians.
St Irene, founded by Constantine, and repaired by Justinian, is in its present form mainly a restoration by Leo the Isaurian, in the middle of the 8th century.
St Mary Panachrantos (Fenari Isa Mesjidi) belongs to the reign of Leo the Wise (886-912).
encyclopedia.jrank.org /COM_COR/CONSTANTINOPLE.html   (6531 words)

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