Antonios 8

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.539
Variant NamesAntonius
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsPeristereon (Monastery of the) (officeplace);
Peristereon (Monastery of the) (residence);
Peristereon (Monastery of the);
Nikaia
OccupationHegoumenos
TitlesHegoumenos, Peristereon (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Antonios 8 was hegoumenos of the monastery of the Peristereon; 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 153 (Ἀντώνιος ἡγούμενος τοῦ Περιστερεῶνος; the Latin version, at XIII 154, calls him "hegumenus Peristereonos"). He probably attended other sessions of the Council also; see Gregorios 45.

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