Christophoros 6 was bishop of Attanassos in Phrygia Pacatiana; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and was probably present at all eight sessions, from 24 September to 23 November 787: Mansi XIII 998-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Χριστοφόρου ἐπισκόπου Ἀτανασοῦ: Mansi XII 998, XIII 372. Elsewhere he is styled Χριστόφορος ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Ἀτανασσοῦ or similar: Mansi XII 1106, XIII 148 (Ἀντανασοῦ). At the second session he supported the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1), and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1106. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 148. His name is missing from the list from the seventh session of those who subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council, but he was present at that session and the omission is probably an error; his name perhaps disappeared in a lacuna on Mansi XIII 393.

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