Leo 256 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 821 (tpq) / 826 (taq) |
| PmbZ No. | 4422 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Acheirao (residence); Acheirao |
| Textual Sources | Vita A Theodori Studitae, Auctore Theodoro Daphnopate? (BHG 1755), PG 99. 113-232 (hagiography); Vita B Theodori Studitae, Auctore Michaele Monacho Studita (BHG 1754), PG. 99. 233-328 (hagiography); Vita C Theodori Studitae, Auctore Incerto (BHG 1755d), ed. B. Latyshev, "Vita S. Theodori Studitae in codice Mosquensi musei Rumianzoviani no 520", VV 21 (1914), pp. 258-304 (hagiography) |
Leo 256 and his wife (Anonyma 63) lived in the town of Acheirao (or Achyraos, Vita C); his wife was beset by an evil spirit and began to gnaw her own flesh, but she was miraculously cured by Theodore the Stoudite (Theodoros 15) by the laying on of hands and by prayer; in token of the miracle all their finger and toenails fell out at the moment of the healing; the event took place between 821 and 826: Vita A Theod. Stud. 209C-212A (Λέων ἐκεῖνος ὁ δυστυχῶς γυναικὶ συναφθεὶς), Vita B Theod. Stud. 305C-D (Ἀνήρ τις ὀνόματι Λέων ἀπὸ κώμης Ἀχιραοῦς, οὕτω καλουμένης, συνῴκει γυναικὶ), Vita C Theod. Stud. §63, p. 294 (Λέων ἐκεῖνος ὁ συναφθεὶς γυναικὶ πνεῦμα ἐχούσῃ ἀκάθαρτον).
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