Andreas 36

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM/L IX
PmbZ No.420
ReligionChristian
LocationsKephallenia (officeplace);
Kephallenia
OccupationPriest
TitlesExarch, Kephallenia (office)
Seal SourcesLaurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981);
Zacos G., and Nesbitt, J., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. II (in 3 parts), (Berne, 1984).

Andreas 36 was priest and exarch of Kephallenia; owner of a seal dateable to the second half of the ninth century: Zacos II 90 (second half of the ninth century) = Laurent, Corpus V 1, no. 242bis (early tenth century). Obv.: patriarchal cross on steps; circular legend reading +Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σ[ῷ] δού[λ]. Rev.: +Ανδρ - εα πρεσβ(υτέρῳ) - κ(αὶ) εξαρχω - Κ(ε)φαλην(ίας). He was a priest given special responsibilities by his bishop, probably for monasteries; see Beck, Kirche, pp. 116, 138, n. 1, and cf. Anthimos 6.

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