Aitherios 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M/L VIII |
Dates | 774 (taq) / 774 (tpq) |
Variant Names | Etherius |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | St Martin, Tours (Monastery of) (residence); St Martin, Tours (Monastery of) (officeplace); Rome; Francia; Tours (Francia) |
Occupation | Secretary |
Titles | Abbot, St Martin of Tours (Tours, Francia) (office); Capellanus (office); Notarius of Karoulos 1 (office) |
Textual Sources | Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle) |
Aitherios 1 was chaplain and secretary of Charlemagne (Karoulos 1); he was present at Rome during the king's visit at Easter 774; at Karoulos 1's command he copied out the agreement between Karoulos 1 and pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1), based on promises formerly made at Quierzy between Pepin (Pepin 1) and pope Stephen III (II) (Stephanos 8), defining territories to be granted to the see of St Peter in Italy ("
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