Akakios 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | IX/X |
| PmbZ No. | 160 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Herakleia (Pontus) (officeplace); Herakleia (Pontus) |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Titles | Bishop, Herakleia (Pontus) (office) |
| Seal Sources | Laurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981); Likhachev, N. P., Istoricheskoe znachenie italo-grecheskhoi ikonopisi. Izobrazheniia Bogomateri v proizvedeniiah italo-grecheskikh ikonopishchev (St Petersburg, 1911) |
Akakios 2 was bishop of Herakleia (Pontus); owner of a seal dateable to the ninth or tenth century: Laurent, Corpus V 1, 476 = Likhachev, IZIGI, p. 74. Obv.: Virgin holding medallion of Child with the legend Μ(ήτη)ρ Θ(εο)ῦ, and the invocative formula [+Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει] τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Rev.: [+]Ἀκακί - ῳ ἐλέῳ - Θ(εο)ῦ ἐπισκό - πῳ Ἡρακλ - είας Π(ό)ντ(ου).
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