Philomatios 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| Dates | 764 (taq) / 764 (tpq) |
| PmbZ No. | 6180 |
| Variant Names | Philomates; Philommatios |
| Religion | Iconoclast |
| Locations | Constantinople; Constantinople (residence) |
| Titles | Komes (unclear) |
| Textual Sources | Synaxarium Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae, Propylaeum ad AASS Novembris, ed. H. Delehaye, (Brussels, 1902) (hagiography); Vita Stephani Iunioris, by Stephanus Diaconus (BHG 1666), ed. M.-F. Auzépy, La Vie d'Etienne le Jeune par Étienne le diacre. Introduction, édition et traduction (Aldershot, 1997); PG 100. 1069-1186 (hagiography) |
Philomatios 1 was an iconoclast at the court of Constantine V (Konstantinos 7), he was one of the crowd which dragged Stephanos 2 (Stephen the Younger) from the praetorion (on 28 November, probably 764); Philomatios 1 killed Stephanos 2, striking him on the head with a heavy wooden object; he was allegedly seized immediately by a demon and remained possessed until his death: Vita Steph. Iun. 170.3 (PG 100 1176C) (Φιλομάτιος δὲ ἐπίκλην τούτῳ τῷ δημίῳ), cf. Synax. Eccl. Const. 263 ("Philommatios" (sic) was a κόμης). See Auzépy, n. 431.
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