Ioannes 125

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.3094
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsPagourios (Monastery of) (officeplace);
Pagourios (Monastery of) (residence);
Pagourios (Monastery of);
Nikaia
OccupationHegoumenos
TitlesHegoumenos, Pagourios (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Ioannes 125 was hegoumenos of the monastery of Pagourios; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and is attested at the second and fourth sessions, on 26 September and 1 October 787: Mansi XII 1111 (Ἰωάννης ὁ εὐλαβέστατος ἡγούμενος τῶν Παγουρίου), XIII 152 (Ἰωάννης ἡγούμενος τοῦ Παγουρίου). At the second session he supported the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1): Mansi XII 1111. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 152.

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