Basilios 131

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE IX
Dates815 (tpq) / 818 (taq)
PmbZ No.922
Variant NamesBasileios
Textual SourcesTheodorus 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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