Nikolaos 76

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM/L IX
Dates859 (tpq) / 880 (taq)
PmbZ No.5606
ReligionChristian
LocationsHagios Tarasios (Monastery of);
Hagios Tarasios (Monastery of) (residence);
Hagios Tarasios (Monastery of) (officeplace)
OccupationHegoumenos
TitlesHegoumenos, Tarasios (office)
Textual SourcesPhotius, Epistulae, ed. B. Laourdas and L. G. Westerink, 3 vols. (Leipzig, 1983-85) (letters)

Nikolaos 76 was the hegoumenos of the monastery of St Tarasios and the addressee of a letter from the patriarch Photius (Photios 1), written between 859 and 880; the content of the letter is theological: Photius, Ep. 250 (II 187ff. Laourdas-Westerink) (addressed Νικολάῳ ἡγουμένῳ μονῆς τοῦ ἁγίου Ταρασίου). On the monastery, see R. Janin, Constantinople byzantine: développement urbain et répertoire topographique, 2nd ed. (Paris, 1964), pp. 481ff.

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