Heraklios 4

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.2563
Variant NamesHerakleios;
Heraclius
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsSamos (officeplace);
Samos;
Nikaia
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Samos (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Heraklios 4 was bishop of the island of Samos; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council), where he is attested only at the seventh session; in the list of those present then he is styled Ἡρακλείου ἐπισκόπου τῆς Σάμου: Mansi XIII 373. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council; he is styled Ἡράκλειος ἀνάξιος ἐπίσκοπος τῆς Σάμου: Mansi XIII 396.

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