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About John VII of Constantinople
John VII of Constantinople, known as John the Grammarian, was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 21 January 837 to 4 March 843, died before 867. He was known for his great learning and for his rhetorical skills. He was a supporter of iconoclasm, and before his patriarchate he played a role in its restoration at the church council of 815. Under Michael II, he tutored the future emperor Theophilos and is credited with instilling strong iconoclastic sympathies in his pupil.
Everything about John VII of Constantinople →- Occupation
- politician, presbyter, patriarch
- Position held
- Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, abbot, envoy of the Byzantine Empire to the Abbasid Caliphate
- Citizenship
- Byzantine Empire
- Born
- 701
- Died
- 860