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Although politically the Albanian regions were part of the Byzantine Empire, religiously they belonged to the Pope in Rome. This was to change during the iconoclast controversy, the „war against the icons“ declared by Byzantium in 730. The fact that the Albanian bishops supportet the point of view of Rome made Byzantine emperor Leo III detach the Albanian regions from the Pope two years later and put it under the authority of the Patriarch of Constantinople.
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