In Constantinople, saint Lazaro, monk, born in Armenia, distinguished in the artistic painting of sacred images, by refusing to destroy his works by order of the iconoclastic Emperor Teofilo, tormented with cruel tortures, but then passivated disputes due worship to the images, the Emperor Miguel III sent him to Rome to secure harmony and unity of the whole Church (c. 867).
Celebration | 17 of November Saints of the day |
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Name |
Lázaro is a man's name.
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Birth | in current Armenia Saints born in Armenia |
Death | in Constantinopla in current Turkey Saints dead in Turkey |
Process | We have no record of his canonization process. |