Michael 14 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 787 (taq) / 787 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 5033 |
Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
Locations | Miletopolis (Hellespontus) (officeplace); Miletopolis (Hellespontus); Nikaia |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Miletopolis (Hellespontus) (office) |
Textual Sources | Nikaia, 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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