Hilaria 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | F |
Floruit | L VIII/E IX |
PmbZ No. | 2580 |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | Hagios Ioannes (Shrine of, Mitylene); Mitylene (Lesbos) (residence); Mitylene (Lesbos) |
Occupation | Nun |
Textual Sources | Acta Davidis, Symeonis et Georgii (BHG 494), ed. J van den Gheyn, Anal. Boll. 18 (1899), pp. 211-259 (hagiography) |
Hilaria 1 was the sister of Symeon 13 and Georgios 135; she lived in tiny accommodation as a nun close to the shrine of St John the Evangelist (at Mitylene, on Lesbos); she received the tonsure from Symeon 13 and was cared for by Georgios 135 (διακονουμένη); she received a visit from Georgios 135 and sent him to Symeon 13 to have his nose healed: Acta Davidis, Symeonis et Georgii 223, 16-23.
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