Leontios 10 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | E IX |
Dates | 815 (c.) / 815 (c.) |
PmbZ No. | 4590 |
Religion | Christian; Iconoclast |
Occupation | Monk |
Textual Sources | Vita Nicetae Hegoumeni Medicii, Auctore Theostericto (BHG 1341), AASS April I, Appendix, pp. xviii-xxviii (hagiography) |
Leontios 10 was a monk and an iconoclast; he was chosen by the emperor Leo V (Leo 15) in c. 815 to promote the cause of iconoclasm (ἐκ δὲ τοῦ μοναχικοῦ καταλόγου Λεόντιόν τινα): Vita Nicetae Medicii (AASS April I) 31. Cf. also Zosimas 1.
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