Eustathios 5 was bishop of Laodikeia in Phrygia; 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: Mansi XII 994-XIII 486. In the list of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Εὐσταθίου ἐπισκόπου Λαοδικέιας (the words τῆς Φρυγῶν ἐπαρχίας are added at XIII 365): Mansi XII 994, XIII 365. Elsewhere he is styled Εὐστάθιος ὁ θεοφιλέστατος ἐπίσκοπος Λαοδικείας or similar: Mansi XII 1091, XII 1151, XIII 136-137, XIII 381. At the second session Eustathios 5 spoke out in favour of the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1091. At the third session he accepted as orthodox the statements of the faith contained in letters from Tarasios 1 and the eastern patriarchs and also condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1151. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 136-137 (which adds the phrase τῆς Φρυγῶν ἐπαρχίας). At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 381. He is probably identical with Eustathios, bishop of Laodikeia, owner of a seal dateable to the second half of the eighth century: DOSeals III 21.2 = Laurent, Corpus V 1, no. 526. Obv.: invocative monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with the legend τω - .ω - δου - λω. Rev.: +Ευς - ταθηω - μητροπο - λη Λαωδ - ηκηας.

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