Saint Lazarus Zographos
- Also known as
- Lazarus the Painter
- Memorial
- 23 February
- Profile
- Monk at Constantinople.
Skilled painter.
Opposed the Iconoclasts under emperor Theophilus.
He defended sacred images, and restored those that were defaced by Iconoclasts.
For his work he was arrested and tortured.
When the Iconoclasts fell from power, Lazarus was released and given a prominent place in the new regime, eventually becoming ambassador to Rome.
- Died
- 867 of natural causes
- Name Meaning
- the painter = zographos
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Online
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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