Second Council of Nicaea

Byzantine Empire Isaurian dynasty

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787 Jan 1

İznik, Bursa, Turkey

The Second Council of Nicaea met in CE 787 in Nicaea (site of the First Council of Nicaea; present-day İznik in Turkey) to restore the use and veneration of icons (or, holy images), which had been suppressed by imperial edict inside the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Leo III (717–741). His son, Constantine V (741–775), had held the Council of Hieria to make the suppression official.

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