Michael II's followers assassinate Leo
12/25/820 AD killed by
Michael sent messages from prison to his co-conspirators threatening to reveal their identity, whereupon his partisans freed him and murdered Leo V during the Christmas mass in the palace chapel of St. Stephen.
Subjects Who or What killed by?
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Leo V the Armenian (Λέων ὁ ἐξ Ἀρμενίας, Leōn ho ex Armenias) Emperor of the Byzantine...
Objects To Whom or What was killed by?
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Michael II (the Amorian, the Stammerer, Μιχαήλ Β', Mikhaēl II) Emperor of the Byzantine...
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