Saint Theodore the Studite
Also known as
• Theodore of Stoudios
• Theodore of Studion
• Theodore of Studium
• Theodorus Studita
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Monk at the monastery of Saccudion, Asia Minor in 781. Ordained c.787. Abbot of the Saccudion monastery in 794. Abbot of the Stoudios monastery outside Constantinople in 799, which caused him to be the spiritual teacher of many wise and holy men. His writings include the first recorded stand against slavery. Fought iconoclasm. These opinions and writings put him in conflict with imperial authorities, which led to him being exiled three times.
Born
759 in Greece
Died
11 November 826 on the peninsula of Tryphon, near the Akrita promontory in Asia Minor
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