Ignatios 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | E |
| Floruit | M/L IX |
| Dates | 867 (taq) / 867 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 2675 |
| Locations | Constantinople (residence); Great Palace (Constantinople) (officeplace); Constantinople |
| Titles | Koubikoularios (office) |
| Textual Sources | Georgius Monachus Continuatus, in Theophanes Continuatus, ed I Bekker (Bonn, 1839), pp. 761-924 (history); Leo Grammaticus, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1842) (chronicle); Pseudo-Symeon, Chronographia, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838), pp. 603-760 (history) |
Ignatios 2 was a koubikoularios (κοιτωνίτης) in the imperial bedchamber of Michael III (Michael 11); on the night when Michael 11 was murdered (23 September 867) Ignatios 2 went to lock the door of the bedchamber and found the key twisted and unusable; when Basilios 7 and the assassins entered he fell on his knees before Basilios 7 begging him not to enter; later when Petros 32 approached the emperor he tried to hold him back: Leo Gramm. 250-251, Georg. Mon. Cont. 836-837, Ps.-Symeon 684-685.
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