Parakondakes 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 811 (taq) / 820 (taq) |
| PmbZ No. | 5719 |
| Locations | Neokaisareia (Armenia) (officeplace); Neokaisareia (Armenia) |
| Titles | Exarch, Armenia (office) |
| Textual Sources | Peter of Sicily, Historia chreiodes, ed. D. Papachryssanthou, in C. Astruc et al., "Les sources grecques pour l'histoire des Pauliciens d'Asie Mineure", TM 4 (1970), pp. 3-67 (history) |
Parakondakes 1 was an exarchos (ἔξαρχον ὄντα) in the Armeniac theme sometime between 811 and 820 (under Michael I (Michael 7) or Leo V (Leo 15)), probably at Neokaisareia, where he and the bishop Thomas 1 received and carried out imperial orders to seek out and kill heretics; he was later murdered by followers of the Paulician Sergios 1, the so-called Astatoi: Peter of Sicily, 175-177. The word exarchos probably denotes a military officer.
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