Beniamin 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 820 (tpq) / 829 (taq) |
| PmbZ No. | 1009 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Titles | Domestikos (office) |
| 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) |
Beniamin 1 was a military officer, acquainted with Peter of Atroa (Petros 34) (ἄλλος δέ τις, Βενιαμὶν καλούμενος, γνώριμος ὑπάρχων τῷ πανοσίῳ πατρί, στρατιωτικὴν ἐμπεπιστευμένος ἀρχήν); captured by the Arabs during a skirmish and led off to captivity, he escaped after praying for Petros 34's help and returned home safely: Vita Petr. Atr. 39, p. 153. The event is narrated during events from the reign of the emperor Michael II (Michael 10). In the title of the paragraph as preserved in the Vita Petr. Atr. Retractata Beniamin 1 is described as a domestikos: Vita Petr. Atr. Retractata 55 (p. 113) (περὶ τῆς ἀναρρύσεως ἐξ αἰχμαλωσίας τοῦ δομεστίκου Βενιαμίν). Beniamin 1 was the father of Konstantinos 103 (scholarios): Vita Petr. Atr. 111 (= Vita Petr. Atr. Retractata, p. 165) (Κωνσταντῖνος σχολάριος όπης, υἱὸς Βενιαμὶν δομεστίκου τοῦ ἐν τῷ τοῦ Πατρὸς βίῳ μνημονευθέντος, ὃς ἐκ χειρὸς Ἰσμαηλιτῶν διὰ πρεσβειῶν αὐτοῦ ἐρρύσθη καὶ διεσώθη).
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