Georgios 127 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M/L VIII |
Dates | 753 (taq) / 773 (tpq) |
Variant Names | Georgius |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | Ostia; Amiens (Francia); Ostia (officeplace); Rome; Ticinum (N. Italy); Francia; Amiens (Francia) (officeplace) |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Amiens (Francia) (office); Bishop, Ostia (office) |
Textual Sources | Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle) |
Georgios 127 was bishop of Ostia; on 15 November 753 he was in the retinue of pope Stephen III (II) (Stephanos 8) when Stephanos 8 set out from Ticinum (Pavia) for Francia; he presumably accompanied the pope when the papal party left Rome on 14 October: Lib. Pont. 94. 23 ("
Georgios 127 is perhaps identifiable with the later bishop of Amiens, one of the twelve bishops learned in Scripture and the canon law, whom Charlemagne and Carloman (Karoulos 1 and Karoulomannos 2) sent from Francia to attend the Council held at Rome in April 769 to investigate the case of the antipope Constantine (Konstantinos 140): Lib. Pont. 97. 17 ("
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