Theodoulos 8 was a Stoudite monk; he was the addressee of three letters from Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite) written between 816 and 818: Theod. Stud., Ep. 190, pp. 314-315 (L 816/E 817); 341, p. 481 (817/818); 357, p. 491 (818) (all addressed Θεοδούλῳ τέκνῳ). He is mentioned in three other letters of Theodoros 15, written at the same time: Theod. Stud., Ep. 178, pp. 300-301 (M/L 816); 232, pp. 366-367 (815/818); 284, p. 424 (?817). In late 816 he was living with a group of fellow Stoudite monks, probably in Thessalonike, where he was imprisoned and beaten: Theod. Stud., Ep. 178, p. 301, line 38 (with Tithoios 1, Euprepianos 1, Domitianos 1, Kasianos 1, Metrophanes 4, Nilos 1, possibly Naukratios 1 and others), Ep. 190, p. 314, lines 4, 13 (in Thessalonike). In c. 817 he was in prison: Theod. Stud., Ep. 341, p. 481, line 3. He is addressed as ἀδελφέ (p. 314, line 29), τέκνον (p. 314, line 2) and ὦ σπλάγχνον μου (p. 314, line 15): Theod. Stud., Ep. 190, pp. 314-315. Probably identical with Theodoulos whose death during the persecution (εν διωγμῷ) is recorded in a sermon by Theodoros 15; he had suffered beatings and imprisonment: Theod. Stud., Catech. Parva 36 (p. 131 Auvray).

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