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Germanus of Constantinople

Patriarch Germanus of Constantinople does not belong among the most representative figures of the Greek-speaking world of Eastern Christianity. Yet his name appears with a certain solemnity in the list of the great champions of sacred images drafted by the Second Council of Nicaea, the Seventh Ecumenical Council (787). The Greek Church celebrates his feast in the liturgy of 12 May…

Taken from Great Christian Thinkers by Pope Benedict XVI

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