Saint Lazarus the Iconographer Λάζαρος Ζωγράφος | |
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Monk | |
Born | 17 November, 810 Armenia |
Died | 28 September, 865 (disputed) Rome |
Venerated in | Orthodox Church, Catholic Church |
Canonized | pre-congregation |
Feast | 23 February (Roman Catholic) 17 November (Orthodox Church) |
Controversy | Opposed Iconoclasm |
Lazarus (Greek: Λάζαρος), surnamed Zographos (Ζωγράφος, "the Painter"), is a 9th-century Byzantine Christian saint.[1] He is also known as Lazarus the Painter and Lazarus the Iconographer. Born in Armenia on November 17, 810, he lived before and during the second period of Byzantine Iconoclasm.[2] Lazarus was the first saint to be canonized specifically as an iconographer. He was later followed by Saint Catherine of Bologna.