Konstantinos 50

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.3848
Variant NamesConstantinus;
Constans
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsKrateia (Honorias) (officeplace);
Krateia (Honorias);
Nikaia
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Krateia (Honorias) (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Konstantinos 50 was bishop of Krateia in Honorias; in 787 he attended 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 998-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Κωνσταντίνου ἐπισκόπου Κρατείας: Mansi XII 998, XIII 369. Elsewhere he is styled Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Κρατείας or similar: Mansi XII 1103, XIII 145, XIII 392 (called "Constans" in both Greek and Latin versions). 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 1103. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 145. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 392.

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