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The first official act of iconoclasm by the emperor himself occurred in 726 when he first publicly entered the lists of iconodules (icon-lovers) for the first time. Leo III gave a number of sermons condemning icons, and soon began actively removing icons, including the icon of Christ over the gate of the Imperial Palace.
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Leo III, Byzantine emperor ... Leo issued an important legal code, the Ecloga (726). His policy of iconoclasm (730), ... The popes Gregory II and Gregory III opposed Leo's iconoclasm and successfully defied his armed expeditions, thus virtually ending Byzantine suzerainty over Rome. Nevertheless, Leo left a revitalized empire to...
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Iconoclasm was a pretext in the policy of purges that Leo III and his son vigorously pursued. It became the primary issue in the war the emperor waged against the Church and its properties, the monasteries and their revenue, their important role in society and their increasing influence on public opinion.
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Leo III the Isaurian or the Syrian (Greek: Λέων Γ΄, Leōn III ), (c. 685–June 18, 741) was Byzantine emperor from 717 until his death in 741. He put an end to a period of instability, successfully defended the empire against the invading Arabs, and adopted the religious policy of Iconoclasm.
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www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Medieval/Bio/LeoIII.html
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Leo III Empire Religious Iii Arabs Emperor Edicts Army 741 Economy. ... Leo III the Isaurian (c. 680 - June 18, 741) was a Byzantine emperor ( 717- 741). He put an end to a period of instability, successfully defended the empire against the invading Arabs, and adopted the religious policy of iconoclasm.
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ing iconoclasm during the reign of Constantine V, as with the emperor's war on .... origin played a significant role in his subsequent iconoclastic policy. ... Gero, is reflected in the prologue of Leo III's Ecloga, issued just prior to ...
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A Nestorian bishop, Xenaeas of Hierapolis, was a conspicuous forerunner of the Iconoclasts (Hardouin IV, 306). It was when this party got the ear of the Emperor Leo III (the Isaurian, 716-41) that the persecution began. ... Leo III died in June, 741, in the midst of these troubles, without having changed policy.
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Scholarly opinion is divided as to whether Leo III deserves to be called "the first Iconoclast emperor". ... S. Gero, Byzantine Iconoclasm during the reign of Leo III, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 41 (Louvain, 1973).
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www.roman-emperors.org/leoiii.htm
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and his third marriage, to Eudocia, produced five sons and a daughter.[[2]] Leo was crowned co-emperor by his father in 751, ... Leo, however, appears to have taken a far more moderate stance on religious issues than Constantine V, though still supporting iconoclasm, ... This defensive policy continued to be successful in 779,
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