Theodosios 39

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE IX
Dates820 (taq) / 820 (tpq)
EthnicityArmenian
LocationsProte (Princes' Islands) (burialplace);
Prote (Princes' Islands) (exileplace);
Constantinople (residence);
Prote (Princes' Islands) (residence);
Constantinople;
Prote (Princes' Islands)
Textual SourcesGenesii, Josephi, Regum Libri Quattuor, eds. A. Lesmüller-Werner and I. Thurn, CFHB 14 (Berlin, 1978) (history);
Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) (history);
Vita Ignatii Patriarchae, by Nicetas (BHG 817), PG 105.488-574) (hagiography);
Zonaras = Ioannis Zonarae Epitome Historiarum, libri XIII-XVIII, ed. Th. Büttner-Wobst, (Bonn, 1897) (history)

Theodosios 39 was the son of the emperor Leo V (Leo 15) and Theodosia 1; brother of Symbatios Konstantinos (Konstantinos 29), Basilios 54 and Gregorios 70; after the murder of their father Leo 15 they were all castrated and exiled to the island of Prote; Theodosios 39 died as a result of the operation and was buried at Prote in the same tomb as his father: Theoph. Cont. II 1 (p. 41), Genesius I 21, Zon. XV 22. 2-3 (ἅπαντας τῆς ἀρρενωπίας ἐστέρησε. καὶ ὁ μὲν Θεοδόσιος ἔθανεν), cf. Nicetas, Vita Ignatii 493B (the sons were castrated and tonsured).

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