   saint germanus i (c. 634 â 733 or 740) was patriarch of constantinople from 715 to 730. he is regarded as a saint, by both the orthodox and roman catholic churches, with a feast day of may 12. á½ á¼Î³Î¹Î¿Ï ÎÎµÏÎ¼Î±Î½á½¸Ï Î Î±ÏÏÎ¹Î¬ÏÏÎ·Ï ÎÏÎ½ÏÏÎ±Î½ÏÎ¹Î½Î¿ÏÏÏÎ»ÎµÏÏ. 12 ÎÎ±ÎÎ¿Ï. ÎÎÎÎÎ£ Î£Î¥ÎÎÎÎÎ¡ÎÎ£Î¤ÎÎ£. ==life== according to theophanes the confessor, germanus was a son of patrician justinian, who was executed in 668. justinian was reportedly involved in the murder of constans ii and usurpation of the throne by mezezius. constantine iv, son of constans ii, defeated his rival and punished the supporters of mezezius. germanus survived the persecutions,byzantinische zeitschrift. volume 17, issue 2, pages 455â459, issn (online) 1864-449x, issn (print) 0007-7704 but was made a eunuch by the victors.mango, 1 germanus was sent to a monastery. he resurfaces as bishop of cyzicus.orthodox church in america: biography of st germanus the patriarch of constantinople he took part in the 712 council of constantinople where decisions favored monothelitism, abolishing the canons of the third council of constantinople (680-681). the council followed the religious preferences of philippikos bardanes.kirsch, johann peter. "st. germanus i." the catholic encyclopedia. vol. 6. new york: robert appleton company, 1909. 24 jun. 2013 in 713, philippikos bardanes was deposed by anastasios ii. anastasios soon reversed all religious decisions of his predecessor. patriarch john vi, strongly associated with monothelitism, was eventually dismissed. on 11 august 714/715, germanus was elected patriarch of constantinople. germanus later helped negotiate anastasius' surrender terms to theodosios iii.bronwen neil, "anastasius ii (a.d. 713-715)" in 715, germanus organized a new council propagating dyothelitism and anathematizing various leaders of the opposing faction. he attempted to improve relations with the armenian apostolic church with a view towards reconciliation. the major issue of his term would, however, be the emerging byzantine iconoclasm, propagated by leo iii the isaurian. germanus was an iconodule, and played an important ro
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