Metrophanes 3 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L IX |
| Dates | 859 (tpq) / 867 (taq) |
| PmbZ No. | 4985 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Occupation | Monk |
| Textual Sources | Photius, Epistulae, ed. B. Laourdas and L. G. Westerink, 3 vols. (Leipzig, 1983-85) (letters) |
Metrophanes 3 was a monk who once supported the patriarch Photius (Photios 1) but later abandoned his cause; he was the addressee of three letters from Photios 1 written after his desertion and urging him to return; they were written between 859 and September 867: Photius, Ep. 66 (addressed Μητροφάνει μοναχῷ ἀποστατήσαντι), Ep. 67 (addressed τῷ αὐτῷ), Ep. 104 (addressed Μητροφάνει μονάζοντι ἀποστατήσαντι) (I 111ff., 144 Laourdas-Westerink).
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