Leo 68 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | VIII/IX |
PmbZ No. | 4370 |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | Liparis (Sicily) (officeplace); Liparis (Sicily) |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Liparis (Sicily) (office) |
Seal Sources | Dumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-); Laurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981) |
Leo 68 was bishop of Liparis; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth or ninth century: DOSeals I 7.1 = Laurent, Corpus V 1, no. 902. Obv.: Virgin and Child, between two cruciform monograms of, respectively, Θεοτόκε and βοήθει. Rev.: [+]Λεον - τι επις - κοπω Λε[ι] - παρε(ως). On the date, see Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DO Seals I, p. 36, note.
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