The holy icon, a historical and doctrinal overview
The beginning of the use of icons: The historian Eusebius narrates that he saw a statue of the Lord Jesus in Banias, Mount Hermon, and that he saw real icons of the apostles. […]
Seventh Ecumenical Council - Second Council of Nicaea
Empress Irene: (786-787) In the year 775, Constantine V died and was succeeded by his son Leo IV. Like his father, Leo rejected icons