Andreas 20 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | IX |
| PmbZ No. | 418 |
| Locations | Sicily (officeplace); Sicily |
| Titles | Basilikos protospatharios (dignity); Patrikios (dignity); Strategos, Sicily (office) |
| Seal Sources | Dumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Andreas 20 was patrikios, basilikos protospatharios and strategos of Sicilia; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth century: DOSeals I 5.7 = Zacos and Veglery 1850. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with .ω - ς. - δου - λω in the corners. Rev.: ..δρε. - π.τρικ' β - α' σπ' και σρ. - τηγω Σικ - ελιας. The name and titles can be read as [Ἀν]δρέ[ᾳ] π[α]τρικίῳ, βασιλικῷ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ καὶ σ<τ>ρ[α]τηγῷ Σικελίας. On the restoration of the name as Andreas, see Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DOSeals I, p. 24, note.
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