Neophytos 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | IX/X |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Derkos (Thrace) (officeplace); Derkos (Thrace) |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Titles | Archbishop, Derkos (Europa) (office) |
| Seal Sources | Dumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-); Laurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981) |
Neophytos 2 was archbishop of Derkos; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth or tenth century: DOSeals I 75.1 = Laurent, Corpus V 3, no. 1817. Obv.: Virgin and Child, with the legend Θ(εοτό)κε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ. Rev.: Νεοφύτῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπ(ῳ) [Δ]έ[ρ]κων. Possibly identical with a Neophytos, archbishop of Derkos and a partisan of Photios present at the synod of 879/880; see Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DO Seals I, p. 172, note (referring to Laurent).
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