Constantine VII

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noun

known as Porphyrogenitus . 905–59 ad, Byzantine emperor (913–59) and scholar: his writings are an important source for Byzantine history

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Words nearby Constantine VII

Constantia, Constantine, Constantine I, Constantine II, Constantine the Great, Constantine VII, Constantine XI, Constantine XI Palaeologus, Constantinople, Constantinopolitan Creed, constantly

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The trouble was, he alienated Pope Pius VI and Pius VII—the latter he actually arrested.
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Constantine the Great died, having divided the empire among his children and nephews.
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Constantine (the Great) called the first council of Nice to determine on the Arian heresy.
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The church on the conversion of Constantine emerged from the concealment of the Catacombs to the sunshine of imperial favour.
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The influence of Constantine seems to have been fraught with more of evil than of good to the new religion that he espoused.
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Plate VII shows the instrument very nearly as it is at the present time.
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