Markellinos 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE/M VIII
Dates743 (taq) / 743 (ob.)
PmbZ No.4821
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsGangra (Paphlagonia) (officeplace);
Gangra (Paphlagonia);
Nikomedeia (Bithynia)
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Gangra (Paphlagonia) (office);
Kourator (office)
Textual SourcesAnastasius Bibliothecarius, Chronographia Tripartita (Latin translation of the Chronographia of Theophanes), ed. C. de Boor, Theophanes, Chronographia II (Leipzig, 1885), pp. 31-346 (chronicle);
Nicephorus, Breviarium Historiae, ed. C. Mango, Nikephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople: Short History; prev. ed. C. de Boor Nicephori ArchiepiscopiConstantinopolitani Opuscula Historica Leipzig 1880 (history);
Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle)

Markellinos 1 was bishop of Gangra (ἀρχιερέως τῆς Γαγγρηνῶν μητροπόλεως): Nic. Brev. dB 62, Mango 66.14. According to Theophanes he was no longer a bishop in 743 but was a kourator with Niketas 4 (see below): Theoph. AM 6235 (σὺν τῷ ἀπὸ ἐπισκόπων κουράτορι Μαρκελλίνῳ). The text of the translation by Anastasius Bibliothecarius reads as follows: "cum curatore qui fuerat dudum Marcellianorum episcopus". Nicephorus is perhaps misleading; Markellinos 1 was apparently bishop of Gangra but gave up the church for a secular career under Niketas 4. In 743 he supported Niketas 4 (son of Artabasdos 1); he was captured near Nikomedeia by the emperor Constantine V (Konstantinos 7) and beheaded: Nic. Brev. dB 62, Mango 66, Theoph. AM 6235. On his career, cf. Rochow, Theophanes, p. 157. See also Rochow, Konstantin V, p. 226.

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