Stephanos 42 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 787 (taq) / 787 (tpq) |
Variant Names | Stephanus |
Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
Locations | Synaos (Phrygia) (officeplace); Synaos (Phrygia); Nikaia |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Synaos (Phrygia) (office) |
Textual Sources | Nikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar) |
Stephanos 42 was bishop of Synaos in Phrygia Pacatiana; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and is attested at the fourth and seventh sessions, on 1 October and 13 October 787; he perhaps attended the last five sessions, from 1 October to 23 November 787: Mansi XIII 152-486. In the list of those present at the seventh session he is styled Στεφάνου ἐπισκόπου Συννάου: Mansi XIII 373. Elsewhere he is styled Στέφανος ἐπίσκοπος Συνάου or similar: Mansi XIII 152, XIII 397 (Συννάους). At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 152. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 397.
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