Anonyma 32 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | F |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| Dates | 754 (tpq) / 764 (c.) |
| Locations | Auxentius (Mt, Bithynia) (residence); Auxentius (Mt, Bithynia) |
| Occupation | Servant |
| Textual Sources | Vita Stephani Iunioris, by Stephanus Diaconus (BHG 1666), ed. M.-F. Auzépy, La Vie d'Etienne le Jeune par Étienne le diacre. Introduction, édition et traduction (Aldershot, 1997); PG 100. 1069-1186 (hagiography) |
Anonyma 32 was an attendant (τὴν οἰκέτιδα) of Anna 6 in the women's monastery on Mt Auxentius; in return for promises of freedom and a marriage to a member of the palace made by Aulikalamos 1 and Kallistos 8, she made false accusations of sexual misconduct against Anna 6 and Stephen the Younger (Stephanos 2): Vita Steph. Iun. 132, 10-15 (1128A). The date was later than the Council of Hieria in 754. Later, following the death of Stephanos 2 (November 765), when the promises remained still unfulfilled, she threatened to disclose the role of Kallistos 8 and Aulikalamos 1 in the plot against Stephanos 2; they therefore married her to Anonymus 254, a notarios serving under Aulikalamos 1 at Nikomedeia; she bore him two sons (Anonymi 9) and was then left a widow; she died soon afterwards with her infant sons, allegedly gnawed to death by them during a frenzy while breastfeeding: Vita Steph. Iun. 174, 26-175, 20 (1181D-1184B).
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