Tarasios of Constantinople

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

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Label Occurrences
Tarasios of Constantinople canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine theologian
Christian bishop
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
saint
appointedBy Emperor Constantine VI
Empress Irene of Athens
associatedWith Byzantine Iconoclasm
surface form: Byzantine Iconodule movement

Emperor Constantine VI
Empress Irene of Athens
burialPlace Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
centuryOfDeath 9th century
chronology Byzantine Iconoclasm
church Patriarchate of Constantinople
surface form: Church of Constantinople
councilDate 787
countryOfCitizenship Byzantine Empire
deathPlace Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
deathYear 806
era 8th century
9th century
feastDay February 25
fieldOfWork church administration
theology
fullName Tarasios of Constantinople self-link
givenName Tarasios
historicalRegion Byzantine Empire
surface form: Eastern Roman Empire
knownFor restoring the veneration of icons in the Byzantine Empire
language Greek
notableFor restoration of the veneration of icons
role in the Second Council of Nicaea
officeEndYear 806
officeStartYear 784
opposed iconoclasm
participatedIn Second Council of Nicaea
patriarchalSee Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
positionHeld Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
precededBy Paul IV of Constantinople
religion Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
roleInEvent presided over the Second Council of Nicaea
sainthoodStatus canonized saint
seat Patriarchate of Constantinople
succeededBy Nikephoros I of Constantinople
supported veneration of icons
supportedBy Empress Irene of Athens
theologicalOrientation pro-icon veneration
title Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
surface form: Ecumenical Patriarch
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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Second Council of Nicaea presidedBy Tarasios of Constantinople
Tarasios of Constantinople fullName Tarasios of Constantinople self-link