Sekreton Image Removals, 766–769

Primary sources associate Patriarch Niketas with removal of mosaics of Christ and saints from the small sekreton; surviving mosaic scars make this one of the clearest material witnesses in Constantinople.

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766–769 · Material / visual evidence

First Iconoclast Phase · dated event

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Patriarch Niketas← associated-with · source-backed

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Small Sekreton near Hagia Sophiaoccurs-at · source-backed

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Patriarch NiketasSekreton Image Removals, 766–769 ←associated-with— Patriarch Niketas · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-290.Small Sekreton near Hagia SophiaSekreton Image Removals, 766–769 —occurs-at→ Small Sekreton near Hagia Sophia · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-288.First Iconoclast PeriodSekreton Image Removals, 766–769 —falls-within→ First Iconoclast Period · chronologicalWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-291.

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Sekreton Image Removals, 766–769occurs-atSmall Sekreton near Hagia Sophiaconnected-toHagia Sophia
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Sekreton Image Removals, 766–769occurs-atSmall Sekreton near Hagia Sophiaatlas-groupsConstantinople & Marmara Atlas Region
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Sekreton Image Removals, 766–769falls-withinFirst Iconoclast PeriodprecedesSecond Iconoclast Period
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