Anthimos 5

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.491
Variant NamesAnthimus
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsPsamathos (Monastery of) (residence);
Psamathos (Monastery of);
Nikaia
OccupationMonk
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Anthimos 5 was a monk (or perhaps the hegoumenos) of the monastery of Psamathos; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and is attested at the fourth session, on 1 October 787, when he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 156 (Ἄνθιμος μοναχὸς Ψαμάθου; the Latin version, at XIII 155, calls him "Anthimus hegumenus Psamathi", probably in error). He probably attended other sessions of the Council also; see Gregorios 45.

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