Ioannes 121

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tp)
PmbZ No.3076
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsLithoprosopon (Europa);
Lithoprosopon (Europa) (officeplace);
Nikaia
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Lithoprosopon (Thrace) (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Ioannes 121 was bishop of Lithoprosopon (location uncertain; possibly in Europa); in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council); he is attested only at the seventh session on 13 October 787, where he is styled Ἰωάννου ἐπισκόπου Λιθοπροσώπου: Mansi XIII 373. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council and is styled Ἰωάννης ἀνάξιος ἐπίσκοπος Λιθοπροσώπου: Mansi XIII 388. He is named among bishops from Europa. Possibly to be identified with Ioannes 101.

(Publishable link for this person: )