A Stoudite monk, Litoios 1 was the addressee of six letters from Theodore the Stoudite (Theodoros 15), written between 815 and 821: Theod. Stud., Epp. 127, pp. 244-245 (a. 815/818); 154, pp. 274-275 (winter 815/816); 155, pp. 275-276 (winter 815/816); 356, p. 490 (a. 816/818); 374, p. 505 (a. 818); 433, pp. 608-610 (a. 821; joint addressee with Dionysios 6, Laurentios 4, Poimen 1, Symeon 27 and other monks). He is mentioned in six others written between 809 and 818: Theod. Stud., Epp. 41, pp. 121-122 (a. 809/811); 48, pp. 129-139 (a. 810/811); 177, pp. 298-300 (M/L 816); 228, p. 361 (a. 815/818); 376, pp. 506-508 (E 818); 555, pp. 849-852 (a. 809/811). During the Moechian controversy he was sent into exile with others (οἱ περὶ Λιτόïον: p. 131, line 59) to Cherson, and later was brought back to Constantinople with them, where they were interned in various monasteries: Theod. Stud., Ep. 48, pp. 129-139. About this time, in 809/811, he and his fellow monk Symeon 27 (τῶν πνευματικῶν ἡμῶν τέκνων Λιτοΐου καὶ Συμεὼν: p. 849, line 8) delivered a letter from Theodoros 15 to Basilios 134 and the monks of the monastery of St Sabas in Palestine: Theod. Stud., Ep. 555, pp. 849-852. He was one of the monks whom Theodoros 15 proposed to identify by means of a letter code, for reasons of security: Theod. Stud., Ep. 41, p. 121, line 12. At one time Litoios 1 apparently acted as secretary to Theodoros 15: Theod. Stud., Ep. 356, p. 490 (the letter concerns acrostichs by Theodoros 15, copies of which were sent for examination by Litoios 1), cf. Fatouros, p. 241*, n. 336. Towards the start of the iconoclast persecution under Leo V (Leo 15) he briefly lapsed and rejected the veneration of icons: Theod. Stud., Epp. 127, pp. 244-245; 154, pp. 274-275. He suffered during this persecution and found refuge in the house of an unnamed spatharia (Anonyma 66): Theod. Stud., Ep. 228, p. 361, line 10; cf. Epp. 155, pp. 275-276; 374, p. 505 (in exile).

(Publishable link for this person: )