Anonymus 271

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE IX
Dates813 (tpq) / 820 (taq)
LocationsConstantinople (residence);
Constantinople;
Lesbos
OccupationServant
Textual SourcesActa Davidis, Symeonis et Georgii (BHG 494), ed. J van den Gheyn, Anal. Boll. 18 (1899), pp. 211-259 (hagiography)

Anonymus 271 was one of the servants (ὑπηρέτης) under the emperor Leo V (Leo 15); he was sent by Leo 15 to Lesbos in order to take action against Symeon 13 (the Stylite) and he had a fire laid underneath Symeon 13's column; after his return to Constantinople, he fell ill: Acta Davidis, Symeonis et Georgii 15 (227, 25ff), 16 (229, 2. 27-230, 1).

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