Theognis 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL VIII
Dates787 (taq) / 787 (tpq)
ReligionChristian;
Iconophile
LocationsHagios Timotheos the Apostle (Monastery of, Crete) (officeplace);
Hagios Timotheos the Apostle (Monastery of, Crete) (residence);
Hagios Timotheos the Apostle (Monastery of, Crete);
Nikaia
OccupationHegoumenos
TitlesHegoumenos, Timotheos Apostolos (Crete) (office)
Textual SourcesNikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar)

Theognis 1 was hegoumenos of the monastery of Hagios Timotheos the Apostolos in Crete; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and is attested at the fourth session, on 1 October 787, when he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 156 (Θέογνις ἡγούμενος τοῦ ἁγίου ἀποστόλου Τιμοθέου τῆς Κρητῶν νήσου; the Latin version, at XIII 155, calls him "Theognis hegumenus monasterii sancti apostoli Timothei Cretensium"). He probably attended other sessions of the Council also; see Gregorios 45.

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