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Alexander of Constantinople (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος; c. 241 – 337) was bishop of Byzantium from 314 [1] and the first bishop of Constantinople from 330 [2] (the city was renamed during his episcopacy in 330). Scholars consider most of the available information on Alexander to be legendary.
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Alexander (martyr) 2nd century Alexander I: c. 116 Alexander of Alexandria: 4th century Alexander of Bergamo: 4th century Alexander of Comana: 3rd century Alexander of Constantinople: 4th century Alexander of Jerusalem: 3rd century Alexius: 5th century Alexius of Rome: 4th century Almachius: 4th century Alphius (martyr) 3rd century Alypius of ...
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Such images functioned as powerful relics as well as icons, and their images were naturally seen as especially authoritative as to the true appearance of the subject. Like other icon types believed to be painted from the live subject, such as the Hodegetria (thought to have been painted by Luke the Evangelist), they therefore acted as important references for other images in the tradition.
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Emperor Constantine the Great presents a representation of the city of Constantinople as tribute to an enthroned Mary and baby Jesus in this church mosaic from the Hagia Sophia, c. 1000 edit Greek fire , first used by the Byzantine navy during the Byzantine–Arab Wars (miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript, Biblioteca Nacional de ...
The prohibition against icons was due to verses in Exodus 20:4 which critiqued the worship of graven images. [31] [32] Most figurative images were destroyed or plastered over, with exceptions of images at the monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai, Egypt. [33] [30] Byzantine art style declined after the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. [34 ...