David 3 was bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and was probably present at all eight sessions, from 24 September 787 to 23 November 787: Mansi XII 995-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Δαβὶδ ἐπισκόπου Ἑλενουπόλεως: Mansi XII 995, XIII 369. Elsewhere he is styled Δαβὶδ (or Δαυΐδ) ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Ἑλενουπόλεως or similar: Mansi XII 1102, XIII 144, XIII 389. At the second session he supported the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1102. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of icon veneration: Mansi XIII 144. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 389.

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