Barnabas 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E/M IX |
| Dates | 837 (taq) / 837 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 808 |
| Religion | Iconophile |
| Locations | Hagios Zacharias (Monastery of, Bithynia) (residence); Hagios Zacharias (Monastery of, Bithynia); Hagios Porphyrios (Monastery of, Bithynia); Olympus (Mt, Bithynia) |
| Occupation | Monk |
| Textual Sources | Vita Petri Atroensis, by Sabas the monk (BHG 2364), ed. V. Laurent, La Vie merveilleuse de Saint Pierre d'Atroa, Subsidia Hagiographica 29 (Brussels, 1956) (hagiography); Vita Retractata Petri Atroensis, by Sabas the monk (BHG 2365), ed. V. Laurent, La Vita retractata et les miracles posthumes de Saint Pierre d'Atroa, Subsidia Hagiographica 31 (Brussels, 1958) (hagiography) |
A monk, Barnabas 1 was a regular attendant (ὑπηρέτης, ὑπουργὸς) on Petros 34 (Peter of Atroa) and with Philotheos 2 or Petros 35 often accompanied Petros 34 on his journeys to and from St Zacharias, St Porphyrios and Mt Olympus; Vita Petr. Atr. 47 (p. 163), 51 (p. 169), 52 (p. 171, with Petros 35, and see Bardas 12), 54 (p. 175, cured of illness after drinking from Petros 34's own cup), 57 (p. 179), 94 (Vita Petr. Atr. Retractata, p. 143). He and Philotheos 2 attended Petros 34's body after his death, and cured Bartholomaios 1 by washing him and anointing him with oil: Vita Petr. Atr. 89 (Vita Petr. Atr. Retractata, p. 137) (Petros 34 died in 837).
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