Andreas 23 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX |
| PmbZ No. | 407 |
| Religion | Iconophile |
| Locations | Hagios Zacharias (Monastery of, Bithynia) (residence); Hagios Zacharias (Monastery of, Bithynia) |
| Occupation | Monk |
| Textual Sources | Vita Retractata Petri Atroensis, by Sabas the monk (BHG 2365), ed. V. Laurent, La Vita retractata et les miracles posthumes de Saint Pierre d'Atroa, Subsidia Hagiographica 31 (Brussels, 1958) (hagiography) |
Andreas 23 was a monk in the monastery of St Zacharias at Atroa founded by Peter of Atroa (Petros 34); Andreas 23 had a severe affliction and visited the tomb of Petros 34 to be anointed with oil, but half-heartedly, and was not cured; he then turned again to the care of doctors, but after three years with no improvement repented and asked the hegoumenos Iakobos 4 to intercede with Petros 34 on his behalf; Iakobos 4 prayed with Andreas 23, then anointed him with the holy oil; Andreas 23 recovered completely and threw himself fully into the life of the monastery: Vita Petr. Atr. 104 (Vita Petr. Atr. Retractata, p. 157). Iakobos 4 became hegoumenos in 844.
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