Greek monk and abbot of the Stoudios monastery in Constantinople
759 CE
to 826 CE
Theodore the Studite (also known as Theodorus Studita, St. Theodore of Stoudios, and St. Theodore of Studium; 759–826) is a Byzantine Greek monk and abbot of the Stoudios monastery in Constantinople.
Theodore's letter, containing suggested monastery reform rules, is the first recorded stand against slavery.
He plays a major role in the revivals both of Byzantine monasticism and of classical literary genres in Byzantium.
He is known as a zealous opponent of iconoclasm, one of several conflicts that sets him at odds with both emperor and patriarch.