Diogenes 4 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 819 (taq) / 820 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 1338 |
| Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
| Locations | Thrakesioi (officeplace); Smyrna (Asia) |
| Titles | Official of the strategos, Thrakesion (office) |
| Textual Sources | Vita A Theodori Studitae, Auctore Theodoro Daphnopate? (BHG 1755), PG 99. 113-232 (hagiography); Vita B Theodori Studitae, Auctore Michaele Monacho Studita (BHG 1754), PG. 99. 233-328 (hagiography); Vita C Theodori Studitae, Auctore Incerto (BHG 1755d), ed. B. Latyshev, "Vita S. Theodori Studitae in codice Mosquensi musei Rumianzoviani no 520", VV 21 (1914), pp. 258-304 (hagiography) |
Diogenes 4 was a member of the staff of the strategos of the Thrakesioi Bardas 30; he was of noble family and a supporter of the veneration of icons; when Bardas 30 fell ill (in 819) at Smyrna, Diogenes 4 sought the intervention of Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite), then imprisoned in Smyrna; he was sent to consult Theodoros 15 and returned with his reply; presumably it was he who was sent back to Theodoros 15 to inform him of the repentance of Bardas 30, but this is not expressly stated: Vita B Theod. Stud., 300C (εἷς δέ τις τῶν ὑπ' αὐτῷ τεταγμένων Διογένης ὄνομα, τὸ γένος εὐγενὴς, τὴν πίστιν ὀρθόδοξος), Vita C Theod. Stud., 55f., p. 290f. (εἷς δέ τις τῶν ὑπ' αὐτῷ τεταγμένων, Διογένης καλούμενος, ἀνὴρ θεοσεβὴς καὶ τὴν πίστιν ὀρθόδοξος), Vita A Theod. Stud., 204BC (unnamed attendant - εἷς τις τῶν ὑπηρετοῦντων αὐτῷ μοίρας τῆς τῶν ὀρθοδόξων ὑπάρχων).
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