Basilios 131 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | E IX |
Dates | 815 (tpq) / 818 (taq) |
PmbZ No. | 922 |
Variant Names | Basileios |
Textual Sources | Theodorus Studita, Epistulae, ed. G. Fatouros, CFHB 31.1-2 (Berlin/New York, 1992) (letters) |
A monk, Basilios 131 was the addressee of a letter from Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite) between 815 and 818; Basilios 131 had been arrested for supporting the veneration of icons, imprisoned and beaten and Theodoros 15 wrote him a letter of encouragement (στῆθι οὖν, ὦ γενναῖε); Basilios 131 is addressed as ἱερὲ Βασίλειε καὶ τοῦ Μεγάλου ἀπόγονε Βασιλείου: Theod. Stud., Ep. 322 (a. 815/818; addressed Βασιλείῳ μονάζοντι).
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