Leo 34

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.4340
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsTrakoula (Lydia) (officeplace);
Trakoula (Lydia);
Nikaia
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Trakoula (Lydia) (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Leo 34 was bishop of Trakoula in Lydia (for this place, see Ramsay, Historical Geography, p. 127); 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 Λέοντος ἐπισκόπου Τρακούλων: Mansi XII 995, XIII 369. Elsewhere he is styled Λέων ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Τρακούλων 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 icon veneration: 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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