Ioannes 406 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII/E IX |
| PmbZ No. | 3137 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Corinth (Hellas); Corinth (Hellas) (officeplace) |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Titles | Archbishop, Corinth (Hellas) (office); Bishop, Corinth (Hellas) (office) |
| Seal Sources | Dumbarton 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 406 was archbishop of Corinth; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth or ninth century but before the mid-ninth, for stylistic reasons (DOSeals) or to the late eighth or early ninth century (so Zacos and Veglery) or to the ninth century (Laurent) (see below): DOSeals II 25.1 = Zacos and Veglery 1335 = Laurent, Corpus V 3, no. 1747. Obv.: Virgin standing, holding Christ, with cruciform monograms of Θεοτόκε and βοήθει. Rev.: +Ιωα - ννη αρχι - επισκ Κο - ρινθου. The name and title read: Ἰωάννῃ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Κορίνθου. Zacos and Veglery dated the seal in the period of iconophile revival, between 787 and 815; Laurent identified the owner with an archbishop of Corinth called Ioannes known from the second patriarchate of Photios 1 and dateable to c. 880, but see further DOSeals II ad loc.
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