Antony II of Constantinople
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Antony II Kauleas was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from August 893 to 12 February 901.
Menologion of Basil II Antony II of Constantinople
Leo VI the Wise
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Leo VI, also known as Leo the Wise, was Byzantine Emperor from 886 to 912. The second ruler of the Macedonian dynasty, he was very well read, leading to his epithet. During his reign, the renaissance
Antony II of Constantinople
…Kauleas became a priest and the abbot of an unnamed monastery. He came to the attention of Stylianos Zaoutzes, the all-powerful minister of Emperor Leo VI the Wise. Antony had supported Leo VI against the former Patriarch Photius I and had contributed to the pacification of the Church by effecting a compromise…
A mosaic in Hagia Sophia showing Leo VI paying homage to Christ
Leo VI (center) and Basil I (left), from the 12th-century manuscript by John Skylitzes
Gold solidus of Leo VI.
Samonas inciting Emperor Leo against Andronikos Doukas.