Phortounatos 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | E IX |
Dates | 803 (taq) / 824 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 1907 |
Variant Names | Fortunatus |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | Francia (deathplace); Rome; Italy; Grado (N. Italy); Constantinople; Iader (Dalmatia); Francia; Grado (N. Italy) (officeplace); Tergeste (Istria) (birthplace) |
Titles | Bishop, Grado (office); Patriarch, Grado (N. Italy) (office) |
Textual Sources | Annales Regni Francorum, ed. F. Kurze, MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 6 (1895; repr. 1950) (annals); John the Deacon, Cronaca veneziana, ed. G. Monticolo, Fonti per la storia d'Italia 9 (Rome, 1890), pp. 57-171 (chronicle); Origo Civitatum Italiae seu Venetiarum (Chronicon Altinate et Chronicon Gradense), ed. R. Cessi, Fonti per la storia d'Italia 73 (Rome, 1933) (chronicle) |
Phortounatos 2 was a native of Tergeste and was a relative of Ioannes 516; he became patriarch of Grado in succession to Ioannes 516 and held the see for twenty-seven years: Chron. Alt., p. 125 ("
Phortounatos 2 had been related to his predecessor and he plotted against Ioannes 515 and Maurikios 15 with Obelerios 1 and others (see Demetrios 38, Felix 17 and Marinianos 2); he left his see and his city for Italy, to appeal to the Franks: John the Deacon, Cron. Ven., pp. 100-101. Described as "
In 821 Phortounatos 2, patriarch of Grado, was accused of assisting the revolt of Ljudovit against the Franks and was summoned to appear before Louis the Pious (Lodoïchos 2); he pretended to obey but fled to Iader in Dalmatia, where the governor (Anonymus 727) put him on board ship and sent him to Constantinople: Annales Regni Francorum s.a. 821. In 824 Phortounatos 2, patriarch of Venetia, returned with envoys (see above) sent by the emperor Michael II (Michael 10) and came before Louis the Pious (Lodoïchos 2); he was questioned about the reasons for his flight and sent for examination to the bishop of Rome: Annales Regni Francorum s.a. 824.
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