Person

Isaac the Armenian

d. 643 · 7th century · Also known as Isaac (exarch)

Isaac the Armenian was the Byzantine exarch of Ravenna from 625 to 643, governing imperial Italy on behalf of the emperor. An Armenian noble, he dealt with the Lombard kingdom and with the papacy, and in 640 his troops plundered the Lateran treasury in Rome. He died in office in 643 and was buried in the church of San Vitale in Ravenna, where his sarcophagus survives.

Isaac the Armenian
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