Theodoros 176 was the husband of Eudokia 5, father of Nikephoros 2 (the future patriarch of Constantinople); he came of a well known family (ἐξ εὐπατρίδων καὶ περιωνύμων); he was an imperial notary (ὑπογραφεὺς τῶν βασιλικῶν ἐνταλμάτων, i.e. asekretis, see below); during the reign of Constantine V (Konstantinos 7), he was accused of supporting the veneration of icons (ὡς προσκυνητὴς τῶν θείων εἰκόνων), flogged and exiled to Mylasa; later he was recalled but refused to yield to the emperor and was again exiled, this time to the district of Nikaia (ὑπὸ τὴν Νίκαιαν); after six years of suffering (ἐν κακώσει πολλῇ) he died: Synax. Eccl. Const. 723-726. This account resembles that in the Life of Nikephoros 2 by Ignatius.

Theodoros 176 was husband of Eudokia 5, father of Nikephoros 2 and of other sons; the family lived in Constantinople (where Nikephoros was born); Theodoros was asekretis under Constantine V (ἔλαχε γὰρ αὐτὸν ... τὴν τοῦ ὑπογραφέως ἀποπληροῦν χρείαν καὶ τοῖς βασιλείοις μυστηρίοις ὑπηρετεῖσθαι; for the explanation of this as asekretis, see Ignatius, Vita Niceph., p. 144, cited under Nikephoros 2); he was reported to be an iconophile, questioned by the emperor and then beaten, dismissed from office and sent into exile, to the fort of Pemolissa; some time later he was recalled from there (ἐκ Πημολισσῆς) to the palace, where he was again questioned but remained obstinate; he was tortured again and exiled to Nikaia in Bithynia, where he remained until his death in old age; his wife accompanied him on his exiles: Ignatius, Vita Niceph., pp. 142-143. His son was born at Constantinople, probably in 758.

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