Paul the New  | |
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| Born | Cyprus | 
| Died | 784 Constantinople  | 
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism  | 
| Feast | August 30 | 
Paul IV of Constantinople  | |
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| Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| Installed | 780 | 
| Term ended | 784 | 
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| Denomination | Chalcedonian Christianity | 
Paul IV, known as Paul the New (Greek: Παῦλος; died December 784), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 780 to 784.[1] He had once opposed the veneration of icons but urged the calling of an ecumenical council to address the iconoclast controversy. Later, he resigned and retired to a monastery due to old age and illness. He was succeeded by Tarasios,[2] who was a lay administrator at the time.
Paul the New is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and his feast day is celebrated on August 30.
References
- ↑ J. M. Hussey (1986). The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
 - ↑ St. Tarasius. "In 784 when Paul IV Patriarch of Constantinople died Tarasius was an imperial secretary, and a champion of the veneration of images.”
 
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