St. Athanasius
Athanasius of Nicomedia, Abbot
Feast day: February 22
Death: 818
Born in Constantinople
Abbot who suffered in the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Leo V the Armenian. Athanasius was abbot of Paulo-Petrine Monastery near Nicomedia. The iconoclast controversy put him at odds with the Byzantine Emperor Leo the Armenian , who apparently persecuted him.
Athanasius of Nicomedia, Abbot
Feast day: February 22
Death: 818
Born in Constantinople
Abbot who suffered in the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Leo V the Armenian. Athanasius was abbot of Paulo-Petrine Monastery near Nicomedia. The iconoclast controversy put him at odds with the Byzantine Emperor Leo the Armenian , who apparently persecuted him.
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