Ioannes 155

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE IX
Dates815 (c.) / 815 (c.)
PmbZ No.3251
ReligionChristian;
Iconoclast
LocationsConstantinople (residence);
Constantinople
TitlesSynkletikos (office)
Textual SourcesVita Nicetae Hegoumeni Medicii, Auctore Theostericto (BHG 1341), AASS April I, Appendix, pp. xviii-xxviii (hagiography)

Known as Spektas, Ioannes 155 was a member of the synkletos; an iconoclast, he was chosen in c. 815 by the emperor Leo V (Leo 15) to promote the cause of iconoclasm: Vita Nicetae Medicii 31 (εὗρεν δὴ ὀλίγους τῆς συγκλήτου, Ἰωάννην τὸν καλούμενον Σπέκταν). Cf. also Eutychianos 2.

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