Konstantinos 261 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L IX |
| PmbZ No. | 3999 |
| Titles | Protospatharios (dignity) |
| Textual Sources | Menologium Anonymi Byzantini, ed. B. Latyshev, 2 vols. (St Petersburg, 1911-12) (hagiography); Photius, Epistulae, ed. B. Laourdas and L. G. Westerink, 3 vols. (Leipzig, 1983-85) (letters); Synaxarium Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae, Propylaeum ad AASS Novembris, ed. H. Delehaye, (Brussels, 1902) (hagiography) |
Konstantinos 261 was a brother of the patriarch Photius (Photios 1) and addressee of three letters from him; the letters, which are not dateable, are theological in content; one of the letters gives him the title of protospatharios: Photius, Ep. 135 (addressed Κωνσταντίνῳ ἀδελφῷ), Ep. 196 (addressed Κωνσταντίνῳ πρωτοσπαθαρίῳ ἀδελφῷ), Ep. 255 (addressed Κωνσταντίνῳ ἀδελφῷ) (I 178-186, II 95ff., 195ff. Laourdas-Westerink). For the family, see Photios 1. Presumably Konstantinos 261 was exiled under the emperor Theophilos 5 together with his parents and the rest of the family for supporting the veneration of icons (see Sergios 16): Synax. Eccl. Const. 682, 18ff. (unnamed), Menol. (ed. Latshev) 453D (unnamed).
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