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Hierarch · 9th century

Saint Methodius Patriarch of Constantinople

Also known as Methodios I of Constantinople

A Sicilian-born monk who suffered long imprisonment for the holy icons and, after the triumph of Orthodoxy, was raised to the throne of Constantinople, where he restored the icons to the churches.

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Notes

Not Methodius of Patara (Jun 20) nor Methodius of Peshnosha.

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