Anonymus 85

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitVIII/IX
ReligionChristian
LocationsThessalonike (officeplace);
Thessalonike
OccupationBishop
TitlesArchbishop, Thessalonike (office)
Seal SourcesDumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-);
Laurent, 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 Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972).

Anonymus 85 was archbishop of Thessalonike; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth or ninth century: DOSeals I 18.90 = Laurent, Corpus V 3, 1726 = Zacos and Veglery 1677. Obv.: cruciform monogram of Ἁγία Τριὰς βοήθει. Rev.: ἀρχιεπισκόπου Θεσσαλονίκης. The name was perhaps in the four quarters of the obverse, but no letters now remain.

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