Theophilos

Theophilos

Theophilos (Greek: Θεόφιλος, romanized: Theóphilos, sometimes Latinised as Theophilus; c. 812 – 20 January 842) was Byzantine Emperor from 829 until his death in 842. He was the second emperor of the Amorian dynasty and the last emperor to support iconoclasm. Theophilos was well-educated in the imperial household but upon his accession to the throne was met with the dual threat of the Abbasid Caliphate in Asia Minor and the Aghlabids in Sicily. He personally led the armies in his long war against both the Abbasid Caliphate and the Aghlabids in Sicily, beginning in 831. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theophilos is the 1,343rd most popular politician (down from 1,147th in 2019). (down from 89th in 2019)

Theophilos was most famous for his translation of the Bible from Greek to Syriac.