Theognostos 6 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | VII/VIII |
| Religion | Christian |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Titles | Metropolitan, unknown (office) |
| Seal Sources | Konstantipoulos, K.M., Byzantiaka Molybdoboulla tou en Athenais Ethnikou Nomismatikou Mouseiou (Athens, 1917); repr. from JIAN 5-10 (1902-07); 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., Molivdovuly Grecheskogo Vostoka, ed. V. S. Shandrovskaia (Moscow, 1991) |
Theognostos 6 was metropolitan bishop of an unnamed see; owner of a seal dateable to the seventh or eighth century: Laurent, Corpus V 1, no. 951 = Konstantopoulos, JIAN 6, 259. Obv.: Hagia Sophia personified with the legend ἡ ἅγια Σοφία. Rev.: Θεο - [γν]ωστ - ου μητρ - οπολι - τ(ου). Laurent corrects both date and name as given by Konstantopoulos (Θεοδωσίου, eighth or ninth century). Cf. Theognostos 5. A similar seal is published by Likhachev, Molivdovuly LVIII 15 (M-6275); the text reads: Θεογνώστου μητροπολίτου.
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