Georgo 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | F |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 813 (taq) / 813 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 2290 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Constantinople (residence); Constantinople |
| Occupation | Nun |
| Textual Sources | Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle); Vita Ignatii Patriarchae, by Nicetas (BHG 817), PG 105.488-574) (hagiography) |
Georgo 1 was the elder daughter (παῖδες) of Michael 7 (the emperor Michael I) and Prokopia 1; sister of Theophano 2; she had three brothers, Theophylaktos 9, Staurakios 12 and Niketas (Ignatios 1); she and her sister lived and died as nuns (αἳ καὶ παρθενικῶς τὸν ὅλον βίον καὶ μοναχικῶς διαβιώσασαι μακαρίως ἐκοιμήθησαν): Nicetas, Vita Ignatii 492A. Possibly she is the unnamed sister (ἀδελφὴν) of Ignatios 1 who with their mother Prokopia 1 gave help to clergy and monks who suffered from the persecution of iconophiles in the time of the emperor Theophilos 5: Nicetas, Vita Ignatii 500A. She presumably entered a monastery with her parents and brothers and sister when Michael 7 retired from the throne in 813 in favour of Leo V (Leo 15): Theoph. AM 6305 (p. 502), Nicetas, Vita Ignatii 492A-C. The children of Michael I (Michael 7) were exiled with their mother when Michael retired: Scyl., p. 9.
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