Dormition at Nicaea: Iconoclast Intervention

At an uncertain point during the eighth- or ninth-century controversy, an earlier Virgin-and-Child apse mosaic at Nicaea was removed and replaced by a cross; surviving photographs preserve the intervention but not a precise date.

Source-backed seed recordThis record carries registered source references. Follow the source trail for the exact scope of evidence and rights.

Compare this record →

History + Iconoclasm profile

8th–9th c., date uncertain · Material / visual evidence

First Iconoclast Phase · date uncertain

Browse this phase Compare this record

Dating / scope noteThe source preserves the sequence but does not establish a precise date; BIU keeps the uncertainty visible.

Figures + historical actors

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Places + monuments

1 direct

Church of the Dormition at Nicaeaoccurs-at · source-backed

Icon types + scenes

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Verified objects

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Theology + concepts

1 direct

Cross in Iconoclast Programsuses · source-backed

Chronology source trail

Sources supporting this historical profile.

Smarthistory
Byzantine Iconoclasm and the Triumph of Orthodoxy
Open source ↗

text-reference-only; image rights vary by credited work

Discovery profile

Where can this record lead?

3 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 3 navigation themes

Discover from this record

Recommendation boundaryThe next steps below are explainable graph/curriculum navigation, not a popularity ranking, similarity score, or claim of historical importance.

Church of the Dormition at NicaeaDormition at Nicaea: Iconoclast Intervention —occurs-at→ Church of the Dormition at Nicaea · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-293.Cross in Iconoclast ProgramsDormition at Nicaea: Iconoclast Intervention —uses→ Cross in Iconoclast Programs · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-294.First Iconoclast PeriodDormition at Nicaea: Iconoclast Intervention —falls-within→ First Iconoclast Period · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-295.

Visible two-step paths