Council of Hieria: Emperor Constantine V summons a Christian council in the palace of Hieria in Constantinople

When

Feb 754

Kind

Event

Coordinates

40.97° N, 29.04° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Council of Hieria.

Council of Hieria: Emperor Constantine V summons a Christian council in the palace of Hieria in Constantinople. The council, under the presidency of Bishop Theodosius of Ephesus, supports the policy of Iconoclasm and condemning the use of religious images (icons) in the Byzantine Empire. Constantine increases the persecution of the monasteries; hundreds of monks and nuns are mutilated or put to death.

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• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Hieria Konsili, Bizans İmparatoru V. Konstantinos'un çağrısı ile düzenlendi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “concile de Hiéreia qui définit la doctrine de l’iconoclasme dans l'empire byzantin et condamne les iconophiles Anastasius et Jean Damascène”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page