Anonyma 63 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | F |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 821 (tpq) / 826 (taq) |
| Locations | Acheirao (residence); Acheirao |
| Textual Sources | Vita A Theodori Studitae, Auctore Theodoro Daphnopate? (BHG 1755), PG 99. 113-232 (hagiography); Vita B Theodori Studitae, Auctore Michaele Monacho Studita (BHG 1754), PG. 99. 233-328 (hagiography); Vita C Theodori Studitae, Auctore Incerto (BHG 1755d), ed. B. Latyshev, "Vita S. Theodori Studitae in codice Mosquensi musei Rumianzoviani no 520", VV 21 (1914), pp. 258-304 (hagiography) |
Anonyma 63 was the wife (γυναικὶ) of Leo 256; they lived in the town of Acheirao (or Achyraos; Vita C Theod. Stud.); she was attacked by an evil spirit (πνεῦμα ἐχούσῃ ἀκάθαρτον) and began to gnaw her own flesh (Vita A - τὰς ἰδίας ἔστιν ὅτε σάρκας ποιεῖν διασπᾷν καὶ ταύτας ἐσθίειν; Vita B - ὥστε καὶ τὰς ἰδίας κατεσθίειν ἀνεπαισθήτως σάρκας) but was miraculously cured by Theodore the Stoudite (Theodoros 15) by the laying on of hands and by prayer; in token of the miracle, their finger and toenails all fell out at the moment of healing: Vita A Theod. Stud. 209C-212A, Vita B Theod. Stud. 305CD, Vita C Theod. Stud. 294. The event occurred between 821 and 826.
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