Euthymius of Sardis
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Euthymius of Sardis or Euthymius the Confessor was metropolitan bishop of Sardis between ca. 785 and ca. 804, and a leading iconophile during the period of Byzantine Iconoclasm. Martyred in 831, he is
Fresco from Moni Agiou Vissarionos
The martyrdom of Euthymius of Sardis, miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes
Theophilos (emperor)
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Theophilos was Byzantine Emperor from 829 until his death in 842. He was the second emperor of the Amorian dynasty and the last emperor to support iconoclasm.
Euthymius of Sardis
…831 on the island of St. Andrew to the north of Cape Akritas on the Bithynian coast south of Constantinople, during the reign of Michael II's successor Theophilos (r. 829–842). Euthymius's hagiography was written by Patriarch Methodios I of Constantinople. In addition, several letters by Theodore of Stoudios to…
Theophilus, in the Chronicle of John Skylitzes
Theophilos on a coin of his father, Michael II, founder of the Amorian dynasty
Theophilos ordering the urban prefect to execute his father's co-conspirators, who were involved in the murder of Leo V
Theophilos celebrating a triumph through Constantinople