Eudokimos 5 was a spatharios; addressee of three letters from Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite), written between 824 and 826: Theod. Stud., Epp. 511, pp. 759-761 (c. 824/825); 519, pp. 773-774 (c. 824/825); 527, pp. 786-787 (c. 824/826) (all addressed Εὐδοκίμῳ σπαθαρίῳ). He had been blinded on the orders of the emperor, unjustly in the view of Theodoros 15 (τὴν ὄψιν ἀδικίᾳ ἀπεστέρησαι: p. 759, line 19), and his estates confiscated, apart from one property (προαστείου: p. 761, line 58) which he converted into a monastery: Theod. Stud., Ep. 511, pp. 759-761, cf. Ep. 519 (blind), cf. 527 (confiscation of property). He was acquainted with the Stoudite monk Silouanos 2, who used to read to him from the Scriptures: Theod. Stud., Ep. 511. He may have received a visit from Theodoros 15: Theod. Stud., Ep. 519. He is styled τῇ τιμιότητί σου: Theod. Stud., Epp. 511, p. 759, line 2; 519, p. 773, line 3; 527, p. 786, line 2. He is addressed as ὁ δεσπότης ἡμῶν (p. 759, lines 5-6), ἄνθρωπε ἀγαθέ (p. 759, line 15), ἐπιπόθητε (p. 760, line 40) and φίλτατέ μοι καὶ τιμιώτατε (p. 760, line 56), Theod. Stud., Ep. 511, pp. 759-761; and as ὦ θαυμάσιε (p. 774, lines 18-19), Ep. 519, pp. 773-774. The chronology suggests that he had been blinded for his supposed support for the rebellion of Thomas the Slav (Thomas 7).

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