Siege of Patras (805 or 807)

Siege of Patras
Date805 or 807
Location
Patras, Greece
38°15′N 21°44′E / 38.250°N 21.733°E / 38.250; 21.733
Result Byzantine victory
Belligerents
Byzantine inhabitants of Patras Slavs of the Peloponnese
Saracen fleet (uncertain)

The siege of Patras in 805 or 807 was undertaken by the local Slavic tribes of the Peloponnese, reportedly with aid from an Arab fleet. The siege's failure, attributed to the miraculous intervention of the city's patron, Saint Andrew, marked the consolidation of Byzantine control over the Peloponnese peninsula after two centuries of Slavic occupation over its western half. It also marked the beginning of the ascendancy of the Metropolis of Patras in the peninsula's ecclesiastical affairs.