Theodosios 28

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE VIII
ReligionChristian
LocationsAthens (Hellas) (officeplace);
Athens (Hellas)
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Athens (Hellas) (office)
Seal SourcesDumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-);
Laurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981);
Likhachev, N. P., Istoricheskoe znachenie italo-grecheskhoi ikonopisi. Izobrazheniia Bogomateri v proizvedeniiah italo-grecheskikh ikonopishchev (St Petersburg, 1911)

Theodosios 28 was bishop of Athens; owner of two seals (probably from the same boulloterion), dateable to the early eighth century: DOSeals II 9.4 = Laurent, Corpus V 1, no. 587 = Likhachev, IZIGI, p. 118, fig. 261. Obv.: Virgin holding Child, between invocative monograms of Θεοτόκε βοήθει. Rev.: <+> [Θ]εοδο - [σ]ίῳ ἐπις - κόπῳ Ἀ - θινῶν (sic). On the date, see Laurent, op. cit., p. 439, note, and Nesbitt and Oikonomides, DO Seals II, p. 51 (pre-iconoclastic).

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