page_title: Theodore the Studite
hierarchical_section_title: Theodore the Studite
caption_attribution_description: English: St Theodore the Studite. 11th-century mosaic from Nea Moni monastery in Chios.
context_page_description: Theodore the Studite was a Byzantine Greek monk and abbot of the Stoudios Monastery in Constantinople. He played a major role in the revivals both of Byzantine monasticism and of classical literary genres in Byzantium. He is known as a zealous opponent of iconoclasm, one of several conflicts that set him at odds with both emperor and patriarch.
context_section_description: Theodore the Studite (also known as Theodorus Studita, Saint Theodore of Stoudios, and Saint Theodore of Studium; 759–826) was a Byzantine Greek monk and abbot of the Stoudios Monastery in Constantinople. He played a major role in the revivals both of Byzantine monasticism and of classical literary genres in Byzantium. He is known as a zealous opponent of iconoclasm, one of several conflicts that set him at odds with both emperor and patriarch.
caption: Saint Theodore of Studion: 11th-century mosaic from Nea Moni Monastery, Chios
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