Anthimos 5 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 787 (taq) / 787 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 491 |
Variant Names | Anthimus |
Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
Locations | Psamathos (Monastery of) (residence); Psamathos (Monastery of); Nikaia |
Occupation | Monk |
Textual Sources | Nikaia, 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 "
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