Ioannes 179

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
PmbZ No.3134
ReligionChristian
LocationsHagia Sophia (Constantinople);
Hagia Sophia (Constantinople) (officeplace);
Constantinople (residence)
TitlesDomestikos, Hagia Sopia (Constantinople) (office)
Seal SourcesLaurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981)

Ioannes 179 was domestikos of the Great Church; owner of a seal dateable to the late eighth century: Laurent, Corpus V 1, no. 138. Obv.: invocative monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει. Rev.: + - Ιωαν - νου δομ(εστίκου) - τι(ς) Εκκ - λισ(ίας). On the duties of the domestikoi of the Church (choirmasters), see Oikonomides, Listes, pp. 177, 187 and 193.

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