Anthimos 3 was bishop of Verinopolis in Galatia Prima; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and was probably present at all eight sessions, from 24 September to 23 November 787, although his name is missing from the list of those at the second session (on 26 September 787): Mansi XII 995-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Ἀνθίμου ἐπισκόπου Βερινουπόλεως: Mansi XII 995, XIII 368. Elsewhere he is styled Ἄνθιμος ἐπίσκοπος Βερινουπόλεως or similar: Mansi XIII 144, XIII 388. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 144. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 388. Possibly his name, with those of Leo 31 and Spyridon 1, has dropped out of the list of those at the second session through a textual error.

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