Metrophanes 2

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM IX
Dates866 (c.) / 866 (c.)
PmbZ No.4987
LocationsItaly
OccupationMonk;
Priest
Textual SourcesPhotius, Epistulae, ed. B. Laourdas and L. G. Westerink, 3 vols. (Leipzig, 1983-85) (letters)

Monk and priest; Metrophanes 2 was one of several monks and priests who visited Italy under pope Nicolas I (Nikolaos 28) and on their return made complaints about the attitude of the pope, demanding that he be punished; his colleagues included Zosimas 2 and Basilios 122; their complaints were reported by Photios 1 to the eastern patriarchates; they are referred to as τῶν μοναχῶν καὶ πρεσβυτέρων: Photius, Ep. 2 (p. 51 Laourdas-Westerink) (written in c. 866).

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