Staurakios 7 was bishop of Stadeia in Caria; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and was probably present at all eight sessions, from 24 September to 23 November 787: Mansi XII 998-XIII 486. In the list of those present at the first session he is styled Σταυρακίου ἐπισκόπου Σταδίας: Mansi XII 998. His name has fallen out of the Greek text of the list of those present at the seventh session but his see is preserved and the correct text is preserved in the Latin version; the Greek text should be read: Ἰωάννου ἐπισκόπου Μίνδου, Σταυρακίου ἐπισκόπου Σταδείας: Mansi XIII 372, and see XIII 371 for the Latin. Cf. also Ioannes 110. Elsewhere he is styled Σταυράκιος ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Σταδείας or similar: Mansi XII 1106, XIII 148 (Σταδίας), 393. At the second session he supported the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1106. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 148. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 393.

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