Maria 13

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexF
FloruitL VIII/E IX
PmbZ No.4736
ReligionChristian
TitlesSpatharia (dignity)
Textual SourcesTheodorus Studita, Epistulae, ed. G. Fatouros, CFHB 31.1-2 (Berlin/New York, 1992) (letters)

Maria 13 was a spatharia; addressee of a letter from Theodore the Stoudite (Theodoros 15) blaming her for the forcible removal from church of a person seeking protection there and imposing a penance on her; he styles her ἡ τιμιότης σου (p. 810, line 2) and σου ἣν εὐσέβεια (p. 810, line 8) and addresses her as κυρία (p. 811, line 17): Theod. Stud., Ep. 537, pp. 810-811 (addressed Μαρίᾳ σπαθαρέᾳ). The date of the letter is uncertain; cf. Fatouros, p. 477*. Possibly identical with Maria 14.

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