Germanos 5 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | VII/VIII |
| PmbZ No. | 2302 |
| Variant Names | Hermogenes |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Hagia Sophia (Constantinople) (officeplace); Hagia Sophia (Constantinople) |
| Occupation | Deacon |
| 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); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Germanos 5 was a deacon (diakonos); owner of a seal dateable to the eighth century (so Zacos and Veglery) or the late sixth or early seventh century (so Laurent): Zacos and Veglery 839 = Laurent, Corpus V 3, no. 1835. Obv.: +Αγ[ια] - Σοφια β - οηθει+. Rev.: [Γ]ερ - μανου - διακο - νου. Laurent read the name and title as: Ἑρμογένους διακόνου. Because of the invocation, Ἁγία Σοφία βοήθει, both editors considered him possibly to be a deacon of the Great Church (Hagia Sophia).
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