Philaretos 4

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
PmbZ No.6137
ReligionChristian
LocationsKaisareia (Bithynia) (residence);
Kaisareia (Bithynia)
OccupationMonk
Textual SourcesVita Nicetae Hegoumeni Medicii, Auctore Theostericto (BHG 1341), AASS April I, Appendix, pp. xviii-xxviii (hagiography)

Philaretos 4 was the father of Niketas 43 (of Medikion - τοῦ δὲ πατρὸς, Φιλάρετος ἦν; ἐκ Φιλαρέτου πατρὸς προσαγορευομένου); his wife (τῇ τοῦτον τεκούσῃ νομίμως συναφθεὶς) died eight days after the birth of Niketas 43; Philaretos 4 himself subsequently became a monk (θεοσεβὴς οὗτος καὶ θεάρεστος, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς τῇ τοῦ μονήρους καταξιωθεὶς εἰς ὕστερον πολιτείᾳ): Vita Nicetae Medicii 4. Niketas 43 was born at Kaisareia in Bithynia.

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