Konstantinos 16 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII |
| Dates | 799 (taq) / 799 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 3869 |
| Ethnicity | Slav |
| Locations | Holy Apostles (Church of the, Constantinople) |
| Titles | Patrikios (dignity) |
| Textual Sources | Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
Konstantinos 16 also bore the name Boïlas (Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ Βοϊλᾶ): Theoph. AM 6291. The name is indicative of Slav origins; cf. Winkelmann, Quellenstudien, p. 199; see also Mango and Scott, Theophanes p. 652, n. 10 for further literature and cf. Ioannikios 2 and Myritzikos 1. On Easter Monday (1 April) 799 he was one of the four patrikioi (ὑπὸ τεσσάρων πατρικίων) who led the four white horses which drew the carriage of the empress Eirene 1 in procession from the Holy Apostles: Theoph. AM 6291. The other three patrikioi, Bardanes 3, Sisinnios 1 and Niketas 11, are all attested in this passage as holding some office as well as the title of patrikios; Konstantinos 16 was apparently the only one not in office at the time. See Rochow, Konstantin V, p. 220.
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