Solomon 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM/L VII
Dates680 (taq) / 692 (tpq)
Variant NamesSalomon
ReligionChristian;
Anti-monothelete
LocationsKlaneos (Galatia) (officeplace);
Constantinople;
Klaneos (Galatia)
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Klaneos (Galatia) (office)
Textual SourcesConstantinople, Third Council of (Sixth Ecumenical Council), ed. R. Riedinger, Concilium Universale Constantinopolitanum Tertium, ACO II.2. 1 (Berlin, 1990-1992); also cited from Mansi XI passim (conciliar);
Trullo, (Quinisext) Council in, List of bishops, ed. H. Ohme, Das Concilium Quinisextum und seine Bischofsliste: Studien zum Konstantinopeler Konzil von 692, (Berlin, 1990), pp. 145-170; Mansi XI (conciliar)

Solomon 1 was bishop of Klaneos (Claneus, in Galatia); he attended the Third Council of Constantinople (the Sixth Ecumenical Council) in 680 and 681 and was present at all eighteen sessions: Riedinger, pp. 18-826 (= Mansi XI 212-676). In the subscriptions to the statement of the faith, which condemned monotheletism, and to the Council, he is styled Σολομὼν ἐλέει Θεοῦ ἐπίσκοπος Κλανέου (or πόλεως Κλανέου): Riedinger, p. 792, line 26, p. 826, line 29 (= Mansi XI 652, 676). In the\n lists of those attending each session he is styled Σολομῶνος ἐπισκόπου Κλανέου: Riedinger, p. 18, line 12, p. 20, line 14, etc. (= Mansi XI 212, 220, etc.). His name has fallen out of the Greek list for the ninth session but is preserved in the Latin version of Mansi: XI 379-380. His name has fallen out of the Riedinger version of the list for the ninth session altogether. At the first session Solomon 1, together with the bishop of Nikomedeia, Petros 18, both speaking on behalf of the patriarch of Constantinople, and Makarios 1 of Antioch and Stephanos 17 claimed that they were not heretics and that the views on One Will expressed by Sergios and other patriarchs and by pope Honorius were not heretical: Riedinger, p. 22 (= Mansi XI 213) (Σολομὼν ὁ θεοφιλέστατος ἐπίσκοπος Κλανέου). He and Petros 18 helped Makarios 1 to produce three volumes of statements from the Fathers which they claimed supported the doctrine of One Will; the texts which they used were condemned as corrupt by the papal delegates (see Theodoros 22) at the sixth session (12 February): Riedinger, p. 178 (= Mansi XI 325). At the eighth session (7 March 681) he was named by Theodoros 26 as one of those jointly responsible with him for a statement noting that none of the previous ecumenical councils had ruled on the doctrine of One or Two Wills; he denied all knowledge of the document, but like the others was ordered to produce in due course a written statement of the faith: Riedinger, pp. 204-208 (= Mansi XI 340-345). They were not present when the ninth session opened but were admitted shortly afterwards; they declared their readiness to present statements of their faith at the next session: Riedinger, p. 268, line 2, p. 276, line 8 (= Mansi XI 381, 385). Their statements, all identical, were presented to the tenth session: Riedinger, pp. 390-396 (= Mansi XI 449-455).

Still bishop in 692, he attended the Quinisext Council in Constantinople and signed the canons: Ohme, Bischofsliste, p. 161, no. 149 (= Mansi XI 1000) (Σολομὼν ἀνάξιος ἐπίσκοπος Κλανέου τῆς δευτέρας τῶν Γαλατῶν ἐπαρχίας).

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