Sergios 32

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitIX
ReligionChristian
LocationsStauropolis (Caria) (officeplace);
Stauropolis (Caria)
OccupationBishop
TitlesMetropolitan, Stauropolis (Caria) (office)
Seal SourcesDumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-);
Laurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981);
Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972).

Sergios 32 was metropolitan bishop of Caria; owner of seals dateable to the eighth or ninth century: DOSeals II 66.5 = Laurent, Corpus V 1, 514, Zacos and Veglery 2982a, cf. Zacos and Veglery 2982b (a similar specimen). Obv.: Virgin and Child, between cruciform monograms of Θεοτόκε and βοήθει. Rev.: +Σερ - γιω μη - τροπολ - ιτη Καρ - ιας+. The name and title read: Σεργίῳ μητροπολίτηι Καρίας. The see of the metropolitan bishop of Caria was at Stauropolis.

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