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==== Religion ====
* [[February]] &ndash; [[Council of Hieria]]: Emperor [[Constantine V]] summons a [[Christians|Christian]] council in the palace of [[Hieria]] in [[Constantinople]]. The council, under the presidency of Bishop [[Theodosios III|Theodosius of Ephesus]], supports the policy of [[Byzantine Iconoclasm|Iconoclasm]] and condemning the use of religious images ([[icon]]s) in the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Constantine increases the persecution of the [[Monastery|monasteries]]; hundreds of [[monk]]s and [[nun]]s are mutilated or put to death. 
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Saint Boniface|Boniface]], Anglo-Saxon [[missionary]], is killed by a band of [[Paganism|pagans]] at [[Dokkum]] in [[Frisia]], while reading the [[Religious text|Scriptures]] to Christian converts. He is later buried in the [[Fulda monastery|Abbey of Fulda]], entrusted to his Bavarian disciple [[Saint Sturm|Sturm]].
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