Leo 69

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitVIII/IX
PmbZ No.4366
ReligionChristian
LocationsSyracuse (Sicily) (officeplace);
Syracuse (Sicily)
OccupationCleric
TitlesDomestikos, Syracuse (Sicily) (office)
Seal SourcesDumbarton 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 69 was domestikos of the Church of Syracuse; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth or ninth century: DOSeals I 10.2 = Laurent, Corpus V 1, no. 890. Obv.: invocative monogram of Θεοτόκε βοήθει with the legend τω - σω - δου - λω. Rev.: Λέοντι δομεστ(ίκῳ) []κκλησία(ς) Συρακ(ούσων). On domestikoi of the Church (chanters or conductors of church choirs), see Darrouzès, Offikia, pp. 119 and 273; Oikonomides, Listes, p. 176, with n. 165.

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