First Iconoclasm (726–787)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/First_Iconoclasm_(726–787)
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:cause gptkb:theology
imperial policy
gptkbp:conflict use of religious images
gptkbp:effect destruction of icons
persecution of iconodules
gptkbp:endDate gptkb:Second_Council_of_Nicaea
gptkb:Empress_Irene
787
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Second_Iconoclasm_(814–842)
restoration of icons
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First Iconoclasm (726–787)
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Emperor_Leo_III
gptkbp:location gptkb:Byzantine_Empire
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Constantine_V
gptkb:John_of_Damascus
gptkb:Patriarch_Germanus_I_of_Constantinople
gptkbp:opposedBy iconodules
gptkbp:precededBy period of widespread icon veneration
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Second_Iconoclasm_(814–842)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkbp:result restoration of icons
gptkbp:significantCouncil gptkb:Council_of_Hieria
gptkb:Second_Council_of_Nicaea
gptkbp:startDate 726
gptkbp:supportedBy iconoclasts
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Byzantine_Iconoclasm
gptkb:Iconoclasm
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6