Iconoclasm: Timeline

726   Leo III the Isaurian Leo III the Isaurian

Leo III the Isauria [i]n or the Syria [i]n , was Byzantine emperor [i] ... 

 bans the worship of religious images, beginning of iconoclastic Iconoclasm

Iconoclasm is the destruction of religious [i] icon [i]s and other symbols or monuments, usuall ... 

 controversies.

727   Pope Gregory II condemns iconoclasm causing Byzantine Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used since the 19th century [i] to describe the Greek-spea ... 

 Italy to break with the Empire.

730   Emperor Leo III Leo III the Isaurian

Leo III the Isauria [i]n or the Syria [i]n , was Byzantine emperor [i] ... 

 of the Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire

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 orders the destruction of all icon Icon

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s. Beginning of the First Iconoclastic Iconoclasm

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 Period

731   Pope Gregory III condemns iconoclasm.

787   Second Council of Nicaea ends the first iconoclastic Iconoclasm

Iconoclasm is the destruction of religious [i] icon [i]s and other symbols or monuments, usuall ... 

 period in the Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire

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813   A revolt puts Leo V Leo V the Armenian

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 on the throne of the Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire

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; former emperor Michael Michael I

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 becomes a monk Monk

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. Beginning of the Second Iconoclastic Iconoclasm

Iconoclasm is the destruction of religious [i] icon [i]s and other symbols or monuments, usuall ... 

 Period.

814   Conflict between emperor Leo V Leo V the Armenian

Leo V the Armenian,, was emperor of the Byzantine Empire [i] from 813 to 820. ... 

 and patriarch Nicephorus on the subject of iconoclasm. Leo deposes Nicephorus, Nicephorus excommunicates Leo.

815   An iconoclastic Iconoclasm

Iconoclasm is the destruction of religious [i] icon [i]s and other symbols or monuments, usuall ... 

 synod Synod

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 is held.

843   End of iconoclastic Iconoclasm

Iconoclasm is the destruction of religious [i] icon [i]s and other symbols or monuments, usuall ... 

 controversies in Byzantium Byzantine Empire

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