Byzantine Defenders of Images

The seven vitae feature holy men and women who opposed imperial edicts and suffered for their defense of images, from the nun Theodosia whose efforts to save the icon of Christ Chalkites made her the first iconodule martyr, to Symeon of Lesbos, the pillar saint whose column was attacked by religious fanatics.Life of St. Theodosia of ConstantinopleLife of St. Stephen the YoungerLife of St. Anthousa of MantineonLife of St. Anthousa, Daughter of Constantine VLife of the Patriarch Nikephoros I of ConstantinopleLife of Sts. David, Symeon, and George of LesbosLife of St. IoannikiosLife of St. Theodora the Empress