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[[Image:Studite.jpg|right|thumb|220px|St. [[Theodore the Studite]] abbot of the [[w:Monastery of Stoudios|Stoudios]] monastery in Constantinople and a zealous opponent of Iconoclasm.]]
*754 [[Iconoclastic Council]] held in Constantinople under the authority of Emperor [[Constantine V Copronymus]], condemning icons and declaring itself to be the Seventh Ecumenical Council; Constantine begins dissolution of the monasteries.
*764 Martyrdom of [[Stephen the New]] (Stephen the Younger), Byzantine monk from Constantinople who became one of the leading opponents of the iconoclastic policies of Emperor Constantine V.
*787 [[Seventh Ecumenical Council]] held in Nicea, condemning [[iconoclasm]] and affirming [[veneration]] of [[iconography|icons]].
*789 Death of [[Philaret the Merciful]].