Anonymus 654 was the sakellarios who led the questioning of Maximos 10 (Maximus the Confessor) soon after Maximos 10 arrived in Constantinople under arrest from the West (in 652/653); he asked Maximos 10 why if he was a Christian he hated the emperor and accused him of betraying Egypt, Alexandria, Pentapolis, Tripolis and Africa to the Saracens: Relatio Motionis I, 109C. After Maximos 10 was accused of giving support to the African rebel Gregorios 1, the sakellarios Anonymus 654 cried out that he deserved to be burnt alive in Constantinople; when Maximos 10 denied the charge, Anonymus 654 accused Maximos 10 of lying: Relatio Motionis II, 112-113. When Maximos 10 then condemned the Typos and argued that emperors should not be considered as priests, the sakellarios Anonymus 654 addressed the agents of the exarch of Italy who were there, and said that the exarch should not have allowed this man to live: Relatio Motionis V, 117-120.

On a subsequent Saturday, when Maximos 10 was again interrogated in the palace, the sakellarios Anonymus 654 asked him why he preferred the Romans to the Greeks, and also how old he was and how long had his disciple (Anastasios 1) been with him: Relatio Motionis XIII, 128.

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