Eustathios 13 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 787 (taq) / 787 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 1764 |
Variant Names | Eustathius |
Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
Locations | Lamos (Isauria) (officeplace); Lamos (Isauria); Nikaia |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Lamos (Isauria) (office) |
Textual Sources | Nikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar) |
Eustathios 13 was bishop of Lamos in Isauria; 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 787: Mansi XII 999-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Εὐσταθίου ἐπισκόπου Λάμων: Mansi XII 999, XIII 373 (Λάμου). Elsewhere he is styled Εὐστάθιος ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Λάμων or similar: Mansi XII 1110, XIII 149 (Λάμου), 397 (Λάμου). At the second session he supported the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1110. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 149. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 397.
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