Anonymus 233

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM IX
ReligionChristian
LocationsPatras (Hellas) (residence);
Hagios Andreas (Church of);
Patras (Hellas)
OccupationMonk
Textual SourcesTheophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) (history)

Anonymus 233 was a monk living in Patras in the Peloponnesos and frequenting the Church of the Apostle Andrew there; he had a reputation as a prophet; when Basilios 7 (the future emperor Basil I) once entered the Church, he rose up and acclaimed Basilios 7 in terms reserved for emperors; this was reported to a local lady, Danelis 1, who questioned him and he then told her that Basilios 7 was to become a great emperor of the Romans: Theoph. Cont. V 11 (pp. 226-227).

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