Anonymus 187 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 820 (taq) / 820 (tpq) |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Constantinople (officeplace); Constantinople (residence); Constantinople |
| Occupation | Priest |
| Textual Sources | Genesii, Josephi, Regum Libri Quattuor, eds. A. Lesmüller-Werner and I. Thurn, CFHB 14 (Berlin, 1978) (history); Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) (history) |
Anonymus 187 was leader of the clergy (ὁ τοῦ κλήρου ἔπαρχος and ὁ μὲν τοῦ κλήρου καθηγεμὼν; Theoph. Cont. I 25, p. 39), who sang in Hagia Sophia or in the chapel of St. Stephen in Daphne early on Christmas Day, 820, when the emperor Leo V (Leo 15) was assassinated; at first the conspirators attacked him in error, until he removed his headgear displaying his bald head; Leo had a thick head of hair: Theoph. Cont. I 25 (p. 39), cf. Genesius I 20. Evidently a priest.
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