Georgios 59

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.2177
Variant NamesGeorgius
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsTrimithous (Cyprus) (officeplace);
Trimithous (Cyprus);
Nikaia
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Trimithous (Cyprus) (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Georgios 59 was bishop of Trimithous in Cyprus; 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 995-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Γεωργίου ἐπισκόπου Τριμιθοῦντος: Mansi XII 995 (which has ἰπισκόπου sic) and XIII 368. Elsewhere he is styled Γεώργιος ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Τριμιθοῦντος or similar: Mansi XII 1099, XIII 144, 388. 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 1099. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 144. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 388.

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