Philetos 2

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
PmbZ No.6148
Variant NamesPhiletus;
Philippos
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsOreos (Euboea) (officeplace);
Oreos (Euboea);
Nikaia
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Oreos (Euboea) (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Philetos 2 was bishop of Oreos in Euboea; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and is attested at the fourth and seventh sessions, on 1 October and 13 October 787; he probably attended the last five sessions, from 1 October to 23 November 787: Mansi XIII 145-486. In the list of those present at the seventh session he is styled Φιλητοῦ ἐπισκόπου Ὠρεοῦ: Mansi XIII 369. Elsewhere he is styled Φίλιππος (sic) ἐπίσκοπος Ὠρεοῦ, Mansi XIII 145 (the Latin version, at XIII 146, also has the name "Philippus"); and Φιλητὸς ἀνάξιος ἐπίσκοπος Ὠρεοῦ, Mansi XIII 392. The Latin version, at XIII 370 and XIII 391 both give the name as "Philetos". At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 145. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 392.

(Publishable link for this person: )