Stephanos 15 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M/L VII |
| Dates | 680 (taq) / 692 (tpq) |
| Variant Names | Stephanus |
| Religion | Christian; Anti-monothelete |
| Locations | Herakleia (Pontus) (officeplace); Constantinople; Herakleia (Pontus) |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Titles | Bishop, Herakleia (Pontus) (office) |
| Textual Sources | Constantinople, Third Council of (Sixth Ecumenical Council), ed. R. Riedinger, Concilium Universale Constantinopolitanum Tertium, ACO II.2. 1 (Berlin, 1990-1992); also cited from Mansi XI passim (conciliar); Trullo, (Quinisext) Council in, List of bishops, ed. H. Ohme, Das Concilium Quinisextum und seine Bischofsliste: Studien zum Konstantinopeler Konzil von 692, (Berlin, 1990), pp. 145-170; Mansi XI (conciliar) |
Stephanos 15 was bishop of Herakleia Pontou (Heraclea Pontica) (in Honorias); he attended the Third Council of Constantinople (the Sixth Ecumenical Council) in 680 and 681 and was present at all eighteen sessions: Riedinger, pp. 18-827 (= Mansi XI 212-677). In the subscriptions to the statement of the faith, which condemned monotheletism, and to the Council, he is styled Στέφανος ἐλέει Θεοῦ ἐπίσκοπος Ἡρακλείας Πόντου: Riedinger, p. 792, line 21, p. 827, line 24 (= Mansi XI 652, 677). In the lists of those attending each session he is styled Στεφάνου ἐπισκόπου Ἡρακλείας Πόντου: Riedinger, p. 18, line 9, p. 30, line 11, etc. (= Mansi XI 212, 220, etc.).
Still bishop in 692, he attended the Quinisext Council in Constantinople and signed the canons: Ohme, Bischofsliste, p. 161, no. 146 (= Mansi XI 1000) (Στέφανος ἀνάξιος ἐπίσκοπος τῆς Ἡρακλείας πόλεως τῆς Ὁνωρεατῶν ἐπαρχίας).
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