Constantine IV

Constantine IV
Emperor of the Romans
Constantine IV, mosaic in basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna.
Byzantine emperor
ReignJuly 668 – July 685
Coronation13 April 654
PredecessorConstans II
SuccessorJustinian II
Co-emperors
Bornc. 650
Constantinople
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died10 July 685 (aged ≈35)
Constantinople
Burial
SpouseAnastasia
Issue
DynastyHeraclian
FatherConstans II
MotherFausta
ReligionChalcedonian Christianity

Constantine the New
Holy and Right-Believing Emperor of the Romans
Venerated inEastern Orthodoxy[1]
Major shrineChurch of the Holy Apostles
Feast3 September
AttributesImperial attire

Constantine IV[a] (Latin: Constantinus; Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, translit. Kōnstantînos; c. 650 – 10 July 685), called the Younger (Latin: iunior; Greek: ὁ νέος, translit. ho néos)[4][5] and sometimes incorrectly the Bearded (Latin: Pogonatus; Greek: Πωγωνᾶτος, translit. Pōgōnãtos) out of confusion with his father,[6] was Byzantine emperor from 668 to 685. His reign saw the first serious check to nearly 50 years of uninterrupted Islamic expansion, most notably when he successfully defended Constantinople from the Arabs. His calling of the Sixth Ecumenical Council saw the end of the monothelitism controversy in the Byzantine Empire; for this, he is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, with his feast day on September 3.[1]

  1. ^ a b September 3/September 16[permanent dead link]. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
  2. ^ Laurent 1939, p. 359.
  3. ^ Settipani 2006, p. 119.
  4. ^ Zuckerman (1995)
  5. ^ Grumel (1968)
  6. ^ Norwich (1990), p. 316


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).