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Leo III the Isaurian

c. 685 – 741 · b. Germanikeia
emperor

Byzantine emperor (717-741). Initiated the first phase of iconoclasm c. 726-730, deposed Patriarch Germanus, and was opposed in writing by John of Damascus.

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Who was Leo III the Isaurian?
Leo III the Isaurian (685–741) — Byzantine emperor (717-741). Initiated the first phase of iconoclasm c. 726-730, deposed Patriarch Germanus, and was opposed in writing by John of Damascus.
Who did Leo III the Isaurian oppose?
John of Damascus and Germanus I of Constantinople.

Sources for biography

  • Theophanes, Chronographia AM 6217-6233 primary
  • John of Damascus, Orationes de Imaginibus 1-3 primary

documented connections(2)

  • opposed (incoming) John of Damascus
    John composed the three Orations Against Those Who Attack the Holy Images in response to the iconoclast policy of Leo III, writing safely from outside the empire under Umayyad rule.
    John of Damascus, Orationes de Imaginibus 1-3
  • opposed (incoming) Germanus I of Constantinople
    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)

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