Germanus of Constantinople

His birth place is obscure, but for sure he died at Platonium. He was upgraded from the see of Cyzicus ( modern Gemlik ), a town on the Sea of Marmara to be the patriarch of Constantinople in 715, and 11 years later Emperor Leo III, published the first edict against the veneration of sacred images, that was the beginning of iconoclastic period. Germanus firmly opposed this edict and wrote in a letter " When we show reverence to representations of Jesus Christ, we don't worship that paint laid on wood, we just worship the invisible God in spirit and in truth ". In 730, he was deposed and soon after he died in retirement at a very advanced age . A few of his works have survived to our day, among his works are six homilies on the Virgin Mary and some hymns, including the one translated as " A great and mighty wonder, A full and holy cure ".
 
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