The deposed empress Irene, exiled to Lesbos, …
Years: 803 - 803
The deposed empress Irene, exiled to Lesbos, has been forced to support herself by spinning.
She dies on August 9, 803, at fifty-one.
Her zeal in restoring icons and her patronage of monasteries will, however, ensure her a place among the saints of the Greek Orthodox Church.
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- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Greeks, Medieval (Byzantines)
- Francia (Carolingians)
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Nikephorian dynasty
