October 836-843 A.D. John VII Grammaticus—Constantinople’s 83rd; Armenian Aristocratic Origins; Learned; Iconoclast
October 836-843 A.D. John VII Grammaticus—Constantinople’s 83 rd ; Armenian Aristocratic Origins; Learned; Iconoclast John VII of Constantinople From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This page of the iconodule Chludov Psalter illustrates the line "They gave me gall to eat; and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink" with a picture of a soldier offering Christ vinegar on a sponge attached to a pole. John the Grammarian is depicted rubbing out a painting of Christ with a similar sponge attached to a pole. John is caricatured, here as on other pages, with untidy straight hair sticking out in all directions, which was considered ridiculous by the Byzantines. John VII , surnamed Grammatikos or Grammaticus , i.e., "the Grammarian" ( Greek : Ιωάννης Ζ΄ Γραμματικός, Iōannēs VII Grammatikos ), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from January 21, 837 to March 4, 843, died befo...