Sophronios 4 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Dates | 848 (taq) / 860 (ob.) |
| Locations | Alexandria (Egypt); Alexandria (Egypt) (officeplace) |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Titles | Archbishop, Alexandria (Egypt) (office); Bishop (office); Patriarch, Alexandria (Egypt) (office); Pope, Alexandria (Egypt) (office) |
| Textual Sources | Eutychius, Annales, Latin tr. in PG 111. 907-1156;Das Annalenwerk des Eutychius von Alexandrien. ...kompiliert von Sa'îd ibn Batrîq CSCO 471-472; Eutychii PatriarchaeAlexandrini Annales CSCO 50-51 (chronicle) |
Sophronios 4 became patriarch of Alexandria in the fourth year of the caliph al-Mutasim 1, and remained in office for thirteen years: Eutychius Alex. 1134D. He was the author of a letter to the emperor Theophilos (Theophilos 5) defending the veneration of icons, which is said to have persuaded the emperor to change his mind: Eutychius Alex. 1137BC. Patriarch of Alexandria; in AH 233 (= 847/848) he was succeeded as patriarch by Michael 56: Eutychius Alex. 1137D. Michael in fact became patriarch in 860. Sophronios 4 was patriarch of Alexandria from 848 to 860; see Grumel, Chronologie, p. 443.
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