Tarasios

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Tarasios was an 8th-century Patriarch of Constantinople known for his role in restoring the veneration of icons in the Byzantine Empire.

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Tarasios canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine theologian
Christian bishop
Eastern Orthodox saint
Patriarch of Constantinople
appointedBy Empress Irene of Athens
areaOfInfluence Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Constantinople Patriarchate
associatedWith restoration of orthodoxy regarding icons
canonizationStatus saint
commemoratedIn Byzantine liturgical calendar
surface form: Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar
contemporaryWith Emperor Constantine VI
Empress Irene of Athens
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire
culture Byzantine
ecclesiasticalJurisdiction Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Church of Constantinople
givenName Tarasios self-link
hasTitle Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
historicalRegion Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
knownFor administrative reforms in the Church of Constantinople
mediating between iconoclast and iconophile factions
languageOfWorkOrName Greek
notableFor restoration of the veneration of icons
role in the Second Council of Nicaea
occupation patriarch
theologian
opposed Byzantine Iconoclasm
participatedIn Second Council of Nicaea
placeOfActivity Byzantine Empire
positionHeld Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
surface form: Patriarch of Constantinople
predecessorInRole Paul IV of Constantinople
religion Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
residence Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
role church leader
defender of icons
sexOrGender male
sphereOfInfluence Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Byzantine Church

Christian theology
successorInRole Nikephoros I of Constantinople
supported veneration of icons
timePeriod 8th century
9th century
tradition Chalcedonian Christianity
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
workLocation Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

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Tarasios givenName Tarasios self-link