Dorotheos 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII |
| Dates | 797 (taq) / 797 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 1404 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Chrysopolis (Bithynia); Chrysopolis (Bithynia) (residence); Chrysopolis (Bithynia) (officeplace) |
| Occupation | Hegoumenos |
| Titles | Hegoumenos, Chrysopolis (Bithynia) (office) |
| Textual Sources | Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
Dorotheos 1 was hegoumenos of Chrysopolis (Δωρόθεον, τὸν ἡγούμενον Χρυσοπόλεως); in late 797 he was sent by Eirene 1 with Konstantinos 14 to discuss peace with Abimelech (Abdulmalik 2), the commander of Arabs marauding in Cappadocia and Galatia; the mission was a failure: Theoph. AM 6290.
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