Ioannes 326

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM IX/E X
ReligionChristian
LocationsPaphlagonia (officeplace);
Paphlagonia (residence);
Paphlagonia;
Gangra (Paphlagonia)
OccupationCleric
TitlesExarch, Paphlagonia (office);
Klerikos (office)
Seal SourcesZacos G., and Nesbitt, J., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. II (in 3 parts), (Berne, 1984).

Ioannes 326 was klerikos and exarchos of Paphlagonia; owner of a seal dateable between the mid ninth century and the early tenth: Zacos II 171. Obv.: patriarchal cross on base and four steps; circular inscription reading: Κ(ύρι)ε βοήθη τῷ σῷ δούλ(). Rev.: +Ιωαν - νη κληρη - κω (και) εξαρ - χω Παφλα - γονια. The name and titles read: Ἰωάννῃ κληρικῷ καὶ ἐξάρχῳ Παφλαγονίας. He was perhaps a priest of the metropolitan church of Paphlagonia (Gangra) assigned by his bishop to supervise monasteries.

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