Stephanos 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E VIII |
| Dates | 727 (taq) / 727 (ob.) |
| Religion | Iconophile |
| Locations | Hellas |
| Textual Sources | Nicephorus, Breviarium Historiae, ed. C. Mango, Nikephoros, Patriarch of Constantinople: Short History; prev. ed. C. de Boor Nicephori ArchiepiscopiConstantinopolitani Opuscula Historica Leipzig 1880 (history); Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
Stephanos 1 was one of the rebels from Hellas and the Islands who proclaimed Kosmas 12 emperor in 727, in opposition to the emperor Leo III (Leo 3) and his iconoclast policy; after their defeat he was arrested and beheaded, like Kosmas 12; described as ἕτερός τις Στέφανος: Nic. Brev. de Boor 58, Mango 60:17-18, Theoph. AM 6218, cf. Cedr. I 796, 7-11.
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