Patriarch Anastasius of Constantinople
d. Jan 754
75th Archbishop of Constantinople (Ecumenical Patriarch)
Anastasius of Constantinople was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 730 to 754. He had been preceded by patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (715–730). Anastasius was heavily involved in the controversy over icons (images). He was immaculately succeeded in ecumenical rite by Constantine II of Constantinople.