Ioannes 126

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tp)
PmbZ No.3061
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsAizanoi (Phrygia Pacatiana) (officeplace);
Aizanoi (Phrygia Pacatiana);
Nikaia
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Azana (Phrygia Pacatiana) (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Ioannes 126 was bishop of Azanoi (Aizanoi) in Phrygia Pacatiana; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council), where he is attested at the second and fourth sessions, on 26 September and 1 October 787: Mansi XII 1110 (Ἰωάννης ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Ἀζάνων), XIII 149 (Ἰωάννης ἐπίσκοπος Ἀζάνων). At the second session he supported the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1110. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 149.

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