St. Lazarus Zographos
Lazarus the Painter
Also known as Lazarus Zographos
Feast day: February 23
Death: 867
Monk and painter of Constantinople. He defended sacred images against the Iconoclasts.
Saint Lazarus was a monk of Constantinople, and a skilled painter, who in the time of Theophilus (829-842), one of the iconoclast emperors, busied himself in restoring the sacred images defaced by the heretics. For this he was cruelly tormented by the emperor. Later he was restored to honor and sent as ambassador to Rome . In art, Saint Lazarus is shown with his hands burned but still painting for churches and/or restoring damaged paintings
Lazarus the Painter
Also known as Lazarus Zographos
Feast day: February 23
Death: 867
Monk and painter of Constantinople. He defended sacred images against the Iconoclasts.
Saint Lazarus was a monk of Constantinople, and a skilled painter, who in the time of Theophilus (829-842), one of the iconoclast emperors, busied himself in restoring the sacred images defaced by the heretics. For this he was cruelly tormented by the emperor. Later he was restored to honor and sent as ambassador to Rome . In art, Saint Lazarus is shown with his hands burned but still painting for churches and/or restoring damaged paintings
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