Sophronas 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
| Locations | Takomis (Bithynia); Atroa (Mt Olympus, Bithynia); Takomis (Bithynia) (residence); Hagios Zacharias (Monastery of, Bithynia); Takomis (Bithynia) (birthplace) |
| Occupation | Priest |
| Textual Sources | 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) |
Sophronas 1 was a priest; he was a native of the district of Takomis (site unknown, but presumably on Mt Olympus near Atroa); entrusted with the care of a horse belonging to a friend (Anonymus 129, a scholarios) during his absence, he kept it at the monastery of St Zacharias founded by St Peter of Atroa (Petros 34); one day the horse wandered away and he panicked when he could not find it; he visited the saint's tomb to pray and on his return met the animal returning: Vita Petr. Atr. Retractata 110 (pp. 163-165) (πρεσβύτερος δέ τις ἐκ χωρίου Τακώμεως προσαγορευόμενος Σωφρονᾶς).
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