Petros 20 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M/L VII |
Dates | 681 (taq) / 681 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 5947 |
Variant Names | Petrus |
Religion | Christian; Anti-monothelete |
Locations | Sozopolis (Haemimontus) (officeplace); Sozopolis (Haemimontus); Constantinople |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Sozopolis (Haemimontus) (office) |
Textual Sources | Constantinople, Third Council of (Sixth Ecumenical Council), ed. R. Riedinger, Concilium Universale Constantinopolitanum Tertium, ACO II.2. 1 (Berlin, 1990-1992); also cited from Mansi XI passim (conciliar) |
Petros 20 was bishop of Sozopolis in Haemimontos; in 681 he attended the Third Council of Constantinople (the Sixth Ecumenical Council) and was present at the last eight sessions (sessions eleven to eighteen, from 20 March to 16 September): Riedinger II 2. 404-825 (= Mansi XI 457- 673). His signature occurs twice in the subscriptions to the statement of the faith, which condemned monotheletism, once at Mansi XI 645 and again at Riedinger II 2. 796, line 7 (= Mansi XI 653), on each occasion in conjunction with his fellow-bishop from Haemimontos, Petros 19. At Riedinger II 2. 796, line 7 (= Mansi XI 653) he is styled Πέτρος ἀνάξιος ἐπίσκοπος τῆς Σωζοπολιτῶν πόλεως τῆς Ἑμιμοντίων ἐπαρχίας. The old Latin version of this, at Riedinger II 2. 797, line 7 (= Mansi XI 654), calls him "
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