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2 unusual facts about Leo of Chalcedon


Leo of Chalcedon

The synod indicted and deposed him before being banished to Sozopolis where the locals regarded him as a saint.

Patriarch Nicholas III of Constantinople

He took the emperor's side in the case of Leo of Chalcedon, who protested over Alexios' confiscation of church treasures to alleviate the financial strain the Byzantine-Norman Wars had caused, which was resolved when he presided over the Council of Constantinople (1094).



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