Michael 14

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.5033
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsMiletopolis (Hellespontus) (officeplace);
Miletopolis (Hellespontus);
Nikaia
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Miletopolis (Hellespontus) (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Michael 14 was bishop of Miletopolis in Hellespontus; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and was probably present at all eight sessions, from 24 September to 23 November 787: Mansi XII 995-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Μιχαὴλ ἐπισκόπου Μελετίουπολεως: Mansi XII 995 or Μελετουπολεως: XIII 368. Elsewhere he is styled Μιχαὴλ ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Μελιτουπόλεως or similar: Mansi XII 1102, XIII 144, XIII 389. At the second session he supported the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1102. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 144. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIIII 389.

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