SAINT
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A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Lazarus, surnamed Zographos, was a 9th-century Byzantine Christian saint. 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. Lazarus was the first saint to be canonized specifically as an iconographer. He was later followed by Saint Catherine of Bologna.
feast Day
02-23
birth Date
17 November, 810
death Date
28 September, 865 (disputed)
canonization Status
canonized
feast Month
2
feast Day Of Month
23

