Gabriel 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | VIII/IX |
PmbZ No. | 1921 |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | Corinth (Hellas) (officeplace); Corinth (Hellas) (residence); Corinth (Hellas) |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Archbishop, unknown (Hellas) (office) |
Seal Sources | Laurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981); Schlumberger, G. Sigillographie de l'empire byzantin (Paris, 1884) |
Gabriel 2 was archbishop of Hellas (probably Corinth); owner of a seal dateable to the eighth or ninth century: Laurent, Corpus V 1, no. 555 = Schlumberger, Sig., p. 183, no. 2. Obv.: invocative monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει. Rev.: Γαβριηλ - αρχιεπις - κοπου Ελλ - [α]δος. On the identification of his see as Corinth, see Laurent, op. cit., pp. 413-414, note. It is to be noted that the rare name Gabriel is recorded in 787 at the Second Council of Nikaia as bishop of Aigina (Gabriel 1).
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