Leo 65 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII |
| Dates | 787 (taq) / 787 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 4316 |
| Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
| Locations | Hagia Sophia (Constantinople) (officeplace); Constantinople (residence); Constantinople; Nikaia; Edessa (Syria); Syria |
| Occupation | Cleric |
| Titles | Lector (anagnostes), Hagia Sophia (Constantinople) (office) |
| Textual Sources | Nikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar) |
Leo 65 was lector (anagnostes) of the Great Church (Hagia Sophia) at Constantinople; he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) in 787 and is attested at the fifth session, on 4 October 787; he told how on a visit to Syria with imperial representatives (μετὰ τῶν βασιλικῶν ἀποκρισιαρίων) he visited Edessa and saw the holy icon "not made by hand" receiving honour and veneration from the faithful: Mansi XIII 192 (Λέων ὁ εὐλαβέστατος ἀναγνώστης τῆς μεγάλης ἐκκλησίας τῆς βασιλίδος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως.
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