Nikodemos 2

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.5530
Variant NamesNicodemus
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsSidyma (Lycia) (officeplace);
Sidyma (Lycia);
Nikaia
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Sidyma (Lycia) (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Nikodemos 2 was bishop of Sidyma in Lycia; 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 998-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and second sessions he is styled Νικοδήμου ἐπισκόπου Σιδύμων: Mansi XII 998, XIII 369. Elsewhere he is styled Νικόδημος ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Σιδύμου or similar: Mansi XII 1106, XIII 148 (Σιδύμων), XIII 393 (Σιδύμων). 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 1106. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 148. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 393.

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