Georgios 65

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.2165
Variant NamesGeorgius
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsAppia (Phrygia Pacatiana) (officeplace);
Appia (Phrygia Pacatiana);
Nikaia
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Appia (Phrygia Pacatiana) (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Georgios 65 was bishop of Appia in Phrygia Pacatiana; 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 998-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Γεωργίου ἐπισκόπου Ἀππίας: Mansi XII 998, XIII 372. Elsewhere he is styled Γεώργιος ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Ἀππείας or similar: Mansi XII 1107, XIII 148 (Ἀπτίας), 393. 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 1107. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 148. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 393.

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