Anonyma 33 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | F |
| Floruit | M/L VIII |
| Dates | 764 (taq) / 765 (tpq) |
| Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
| Locations | Praitorion (Prison of, Constantinople); Constantinople (residence); Constantinople |
| 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 33 was the wife of Anonymus 256 (a gaoler at the praitorion); an iconophile, when she heard from her husband that Stephen the Younger (Stephanos 2) was imprisoned in the praitorion, she secretly entered the prison and arranged to supply Stephanos 2 with provisions; this she continued to do during the eleven months that he was held there; she also gave him icons from her own home: Vita Steph. Iun. 158, 21-159, 31 (1161A-1164B). Forty days before his death Stephanos 2 told her not to bring any more food and then two days before his death he returned the icons to her and warned her not to come any more: Vita Steph. Iun. 163, 11-164, 22 (1168B-1169B). Stephanos 2 died on 28 November 765. See also G. L. Huxley, "Women and Byzantine Iconoclasm", in Women and Byzantine Monasticism. Proceedings of the Athens Symposium 1988 Publications of the Canadian Archaeological Institute at Athens 1 (1991), pp. 17ff. and also A. Kazhdan and A. M. Talbot, "Women and Iconoclasm", in BZ 84/85 (1991/1992), p. 395.
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