Patriarch Constantine II of Constantinople
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Constantine II was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 754 to 766. He was deposed and jailed after the discovery of an iconophile plot against Emperor Constantine V
in June 766. In autumn 767, he was paraded through the Hippodrome of Constantinople
, and finally beheaded.
Constantine V
Constantine V was Byzantine emperor from 741 to 775; ); .-Early life:...
in June 766. In autumn 767, he was paraded through the Hippodrome of Constantinople
Hippodrome of Constantinople
The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydanı in the Turkish city of Istanbul, with only a few fragments of the original structure surviving...
, and finally beheaded.