Konstantinos 44

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.3830
Variant NamesKonstas;
Constans
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsAigai (Asia) (officeplace);
Aigai (Asia);
Nikaia
OccupationDeacon;
Priest
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Konstantinos 44 was a deacon and priest; in 787 he represented the see of Aigai (Ἀγάη) in Asia at the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and was probably present at all eight sessions, from 24 September to 23 November 787: Mansi XII 995-XIII 486. In the list of those present at the first session he is styled Κωνσταντίνου διακόνου καὶ τοποτηρητοῦ Ἀγάης: Mansi XII 995. In the list of those present at the seventh session he is styled Κώνστα (sic) πρεσβυτέρου καὶ τοποτηρητοῦ Ἀγάης: Mansi XIII 368. Elsewhere he is styled Κωνσταντῖνος διάκονος καὶ τοποτηρητὴς Ἀγάης, Mansi XII 1099; Κώνστας (sic) πρεσβύτερος καὶ ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ θρόνου Ἀγάης, XIII 141; and Κώνστας (sic) τοποτηρητὴς πόλεως Ἀγάης, XIII 388. At the second session he supported the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1099. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 141. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 388.

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