Kyrion 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.4209
Variant NamesCyrion
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsLophoi (Bithynia) (officeplace);
Lophoi (Bithynia);
Nikaia
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Lophoi (Bithynia) (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Kyrion 1 was bishop of Lophoi in Bithynia; 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 995-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Κυρίωνος ἐπισκόπου τοῦ Λόφου: Mansi XII 995, XIII 369. Elsewhere he is styled Κυρίων ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος τοῦ Λόφου or similar: Mansi XII 1102, XIII 144, XIII 389. 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 1102. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 144. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 389.

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