Thalelaios 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E IX |
| Dates | 816 (tpq) / 818 (taq) |
| Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
| Locations | Stoudios (Monastery of, Constantinople) (residence); Stoudios (Monastery of, Constantinople) |
| Occupation | Monk |
| Textual Sources | Theodorus Studita, Epistulae, ed. G. Fatouros, CFHB 31.1-2 (Berlin/New York, 1992) (letters) |
Thalelaios 2 was a Stoudite monk and the addressee of two letters from Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite) written between 816 and 818; he had sent questions to Theodoros concerning behaviour towards iconoclasts and fellow monks who had lapsed: Theod. Stud., Ep. 340, pp. 480-481; 386, pp. 534-536 (addressed Θαλελαίῳ τέκνῳ). He is addressed as τέκνον ἠγαπημένον: Theod. Stud., Ep. 340, p. 480, line 2. He was suffering from ill-health (ἡ σωματική σου ἀσθένεια; possibly from his sufferings during the persecution under Leo V, i.e. Leo 15): Theod. Stud., Ep. 340, p. 480, line 8. He was acquainted with Gregorios 143: Theod. Stud., Ep. 386, p. 543, line 5.
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