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Hierarch · 8th century

Saint Germanus Patriarch of Constantinople

Also known as Germanus I of Constantinople

Patriarch of Constantinople who withstood the emperor Leo the Isaurian in defense of the holy icons and, rather than betray the faith, laid down his office and ended his days in exile; a confessor of Orthodoxy.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints