Theodoros 73 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 787 (taq) / 787 (tpq) |
Variant Names | Theodorus |
Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
Locations | Tropaea (Bruttium) (officeplace); Tropaea (Bruttium); Nikaia |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Tropaea (Bruttium) (office) |
Textual Sources | Nikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar) |
Theodoros 73 was bishop of Tropaea (in Bruttium); 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 994-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Θεοδώρου ἐπισκόπου Τροπαίων: Mansi XII 994, XIII 365. Elsewhere he is styled Θεόδωρος ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Τροπαίων or similar: Mansi XII 1095, XIII 140, XIII 384. At the second session he spoke in support of the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1095. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 140. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 384.
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