Ioannes 340

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VII/E VIII
PmbZ No.2887
ReligionChristian
LocationsNikopolis (Epirus);
Nikopolis (Epirus) (officeplace)
OccupationBishop
TitlesArchbishop, Nikopolis (Epirus) (office)
Seal SourcesDumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-);
Laurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981);
Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972).

Ioannes 340 was archbishop of Nikopolis (probably in Epirus); owner of seals dateable to the late seventh or early eighth century: DOSeals II 2.11a = Zacos and Veglery 1240 = Laurent, Corpus V 3, no. 1763, DOSeals II 2.11b. The name and title (in DOSeals II) read: Ἰωάννῃ ἀρχιεπισκόπου τῶν Νικωπόλων. Zacos and Veglery, Seals, p. 1956, read the title as: ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Νικοπόλων; while Laurent, loc. cit., read it as: ἀρχιεπισκόπ[] τῶν Νικοπολ[ίτ]ων. According to Laurent, op. cit., p. 301, the title archiepiskopos indicates Nikopolis in Epirus, not the other Nikopolis in Armenia.

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