Philotheos 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E/M IX |
| Dates | 837 (taq) / 838 (ob.) |
| PmbZ No. | 6189 |
| Religion | Iconophile |
| Locations | Hagios Zacharias (Monastery of, Bithynia) (residence); Hagios Zacharias (Monastery of, Bithynia); Hagios Porphyrios (Monastery of, Bithynia); Olympus (Mt, Bithynia) |
| Occupation | Monk |
| Textual Sources | Vita Petri Atroensis, by Sabas the monk (BHG 2364), ed. V. Laurent, La Vie merveilleuse de Saint Pierre d'Atroa, Subsidia Hagiographica 29 (Brussels, 1956) (hagiography); Vita Retractata Petri Atroensis, by Sabas the monk (BHG 2365), ed. V. Laurent, La Vita retractata et les miracles posthumes de Saint Pierre d'Atroa, Subsidia Hagiographica 31 (Brussels, 1958) (hagiography) |
Philotheos 2 was a monk; he was a regular attendant (ὑπηρέτης, ὑπουργὸς) of Petros 34 (St Peter of Atroa) and with another monk Barnabas 1 accompanied him on many of his journeys: Vita Petr. Atr. 47 (p. 163), 51 (p. 109), 54 (p. 175), 94 (Vita Petr. Atr. Retractata, p. 143). Philotheos 2 and Barnabas 1 attended Petros 34's body after his death (1 January 837) and they cured the monk Bartholomaios 1 by washing him and anointing him with oil: Vita Petr. Atr. 89 (Vita Petr. Atr. Retractata, p. 137). Later Petros 34 frequently appeared to Philotheos 2 in visions encouraging his efforts and foretelling that he would soon die and rejoin him in heaven; on the first anniversary of Petros 34's own death (1 January 838), Philotheos 2 died: Vita Petr. Atr. 94 (Vita Petr. Atr. Retractata, p. 143).
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