Basilios 122

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM IX
Dates866 (c.) / 866 (c.)
PmbZ No.956
Variant NamesBasileios
LocationsItaly
OccupationMonk;
Priest
Textual SourcesPhotius, Epistulae, ed. B. Laourdas and L. G. Westerink, 3 vols. (Leipzig, 1983-85) (letters)

Basilios 122 was a monk and priest; together with other monks and priests he visited Italy under the bishop of Rome, Nicolas I (Nikolaos 28), and on their return they complained about the attitude of the pope and demanded that he be punished; Basilios 122's colleagues included Zosimas 2 and Metrophanes 2; their complaints were reported by Photios 1 to the eastern patriarchs; they are alluded to as μοναχῶν καὶ πρεσβυτέρων: Photius, Ep. 2, lines 328ff. (I 51 Laourdas-Westerink) (written in c. 866).

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