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Germanus I of Constantinople

c. 634 – c. 740 · b. Constantinople · Bishop of Constantinople
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Quick facts

Born
c. 634, Constantinople
Died
c. 740, Constantinople
See
Constantinople
Region
east
Era
post nicene
Significance
Notable(2/4)

Highlights

Main contribution
Patriarch of Constantinople (715-730).
Primary source
Germanus, Epistolae (in Mansi, Concilia)

Patriarch of Constantinople (715-730). Resigned rather than accept the iconoclast policy of Emperor Leo III. Author of liturgical commentaries (Historia Ecclesiastica) and letters defending the veneration of images.

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Common questions

Who was Germanus I of Constantinople?
Germanus I of Constantinople (634–740) — Patriarch of Constantinople (715-730). Resigned rather than accept the iconoclast policy of Emperor Leo III. Author of liturgical commentaries (Historia Ecclesiastica) and letters defending the veneration of images.
Who did Germanus I of Constantinople oppose?
Leo III the Isaurian.

Sources for biography

  • Germanus, Epistolae (in Mansi, Concilia) primary
  • Germanus, Historia Ecclesiastica et Mystica Contemplatio primary
  • Theophanes, Chronographia AM 6221-6222 primary

documented connections(1)

  • opposed Leo III the Isaurian
    Germanus refused to subscribe to Leo III's iconoclast edict and was forced to abdicate the patriarchate in 730.
    Theophanes, Chronographia AM 6221-6222 · Germanus, Epistolae (in Mansi)

External resources

📖WikipediaFull encyclopedic biography with footnotes and further reading.🔗WikidataStructured data hub linking to library catalogues, archives, and academic sources worldwide.🏛️WikisourcePublic-domain primary texts and translations (search).⛪Catholic Encyclopedia1913 reference — long entries, useful for less-known figures (search for Germanus I of Constantinople).
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