Patriarch Paul IV of Constantinople

Paul IV, known as Paul the New was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 780-784. He had once opposed the veneration of icons but urged the calling of an ecumenical council to address the iconoclast controversy. He resigned and retired to a monastery due to old age and illness. He was succeeded by Tarasios, who was a lay administrator at the time.
Paul the New is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and his feast day is celebrated on August 30.
==References==
*The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire, J. M. Hussey, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1986.
Category:784 deaths
Category:Patriarchs of Constantinople
Category:8th-century archbishops
el:Πατριάρχης Παύλος Δ΄
ka:პავლე IV (კონსტანტინოპოლის პატრიარქი)
pl:Paweł IV (patriarcha Konstantynopola)
ru:Павел IV (Патриарх Константинопольский)
uk:Павло IV Новий