Christophoros 8

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.1108
Variant NamesChristophorus
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsKandelai (Monastery of the) (officeplace);
Kandelai (Monastery of the) (residence);
Kandelai (Monastery of the);
Nikaia
OccupationHegoumenos
TitlesHegoumenos, Kandelai (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Christophoros 8 was hegoumenos of the monastery of the Kandelai; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and is attested at the fourth session, on 1 October 787, when he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 156 (Χριστόφορος ἡγούμενος τῶν Κανδήλων; the Latin version, at XIII 155, calls him "Christophorus hegumenus Candelarum"). He probably attended other sessions of the Council also; see Gregorios 45.

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