Sophronios 5 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | IX/X |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Smyrna (Asia); Smyrna (Asia) (officeplace) |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Titles | Bishop, Smyrna (Asia) (office) |
| Seal Sources | Dumbarton 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) |
Sophronios 5 was bishop of Smyrna; owner of a seal dateable to the ninth or tenth century: DOSeals III 35. 4 = Laurent, Corpus V 1, no. 740. Obv.: bust of St Polycarp with the legend ὁ ἅγιος Πολύκαρπος. Rev.: Σμυρν' - προεδρου - σφραγ' ειμ. - Σωφρον'. The text of the reverse reads: Σμύρνης προέδρου σφραγίς εἰμι Σωφρονίου. On the date of the seal (correcting Laurent's date of the tenth or eleventh century), see DOSeals III, p. 51, note.
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