Theodoros 77 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 787 (taq) / 787 (tpq) |
Variant Names | Theodorus |
Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
Locations | Kition (Cyprus) (officeplace); Kition (Cyprus); Nikaia |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Kition (Cyprus) (office) |
Textual Sources | Nikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar) |
Theodoros 77 was bishop of Kition in Cyprus; 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 995-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Θεοδώρου ἐπισκόπου Κιτίου: Mansi XII 995, XIII 368. Elsewhere he is styled Θεόδωρος ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος τοῦ Κιτίου or similar: Mansi XII 1099, XIII 144, XIII 388. At the second session he supported the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1099. At the fourth session he confirmed a miracle described by the bishop of Konstantia, Konstantinos 32, and perhaps narrated another told him two years before by sailors from Kition who had witnessed it at Gabala in Syria: Mansi XIII 77-80. Later at this session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 144. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 388.
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