Michael 22

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.5037
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsTiberiopolis (Phrygia) (officeplace);
Tiberiopolis (Phrygia);
Nikaia
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Tiberiopolis (Phrygia) (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Michael 22 was bishop of Tiberiopolis in Phrygia Pacatiana; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council), where he is attested only at the second and fourth sessions on 26 September and 1 October 787: Mansi XII 1110, XIII 149. At the second session he supported the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts; he is styled Μιχαὴλ ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Τιβεριουπόλεως: Mansi XII 1110. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons; he is styled Μιχαὴλ ἐπίσκοπος Τιβεριουπόλεως: Mansi XIII 149. He is not named in the lists of those present at either the first or the seventh sessions.

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