Person750–803
Irene of Athens
Byzantine empress — regent from 780 and sole ruler in 797–802 — who convened the Second Council of Nicaea (787) that restored the veneration of icons.
- Dates
- between 750 and 756 – 9 August 803
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Balkans and Anatolia
- In the threads
- Early medieval Europe (500–1000)
Events
- Byzantine Iconoclasmbetween 726 and 730 – 11 March 843 · Balkans and Anatolia
- Second Council of Nicaea24 September – 23 October 787 · Balkans and Anatolia