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'''Michael I Rhangabes''', an obscure nobleman who had married [[Procopia]], the daughter of [[Nicephorus I]], and been made master of the palace. He was made [[Byzantine emperor]] in a revolution against his brother-in-law, [[Stauracius]] [[811]].

Elected with the support of the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] party in the Church, Michael diligently persecuted the [[Iconoclasm|iconoclasts]] on the northern and eastern frontiers of the empire, but meanwhile allowed the Bulgars to ravage a great part of [[Macedonia]] and [[Thrace]]; having at last taken the field in the spring of [[813]], he was defeated near [[Battle of Versinikia|Bersinikia]], and [[Leo V|Leo the Armenian]] was saluted emperor in his stead in the following summer. Wishing to avoid civil war, Michael surrendered to the usurpers and so escaped the mutilation or execution that usually befell desposed emperors. Michael was relegated as a monk to the island of Prote, where he lived unmolested until his death in [[845]].

Michael and Procopia were the parents of St. [[Ignatius of Constantinople]].

==Sources==
* Gibbon, Edward. ''The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire Vol 4'', 2005

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-'''Michael I Rhangabes''', an obscure nobleman who had married [[Procopia]], the daughter of [[Nicephorus I]], and been made master of the palace. He was made [[Byzantine emperor]] in a revolution against his brother-in-law, [[Stauracius]] [[811]].
+'''Michael I Rhangabes''', was an obscure Byzantine nobleman who had married [[Procopia]], the daughter of [[Nicephorus I]], and been made master of the palace. He became [[Byzantine emperor]] after a revolt against his brother-in-law, [[Stauracius]] [[811]].
-Elected with the support of the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] party in the Church, Michael diligently persecuted the [[Iconoclasm|iconoclasts]] on the northern and eastern frontiers of the empire, but meanwhile allowed the Bulgars to ravage a great part of [[Macedonia]] and [[Thrace]]; having at last taken the field in the spring of [[813]], he was defeated near [[Battle of Versinikia|Bersinikia]], and [[Leo V|Leo the Armenian]] was saluted emperor in his stead in the following summer. Wishing to avoid civil war, Michael surrendered to the usurpers and so escaped the mutilation or execution that usually befell desposed emperors. Michael was relegated as a monk to the island of Prote, where he lived unmolested until his death in [[845]].
+Elected with the support of the [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] party in the Church, Michael diligently persecuted the [[Iconoclasm|iconoclasts]] on the northern and eastern frontiers of the empire, but meanwhile allowed the Bulgars to ravage a great part of [[Macedonia]] and [[Thrace]].
 Michael and Procopia were the parents of St. [[Ignatius of Constantinople]].

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