Theophanes 9 was bishop of Kaloe (Koloe) in Asia; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and was probably present at all eight sessions, from 24 September to 23 November 787: Mansi XII 995-XIII 486. In the lists of those present at the first and seventh sessions he is styled Θεοφάνους ἐπισκόπου Καλόης: Mansi XII 995, XIII 368. Elsewhere he is styled Θεοφάνης ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Καλόης or similar: Mansi XII 1098 (where he is called Θεοφάνιος and his see is called Κάλπης), XIII 141, XIII 385. At the second session he spoke in favour of the traditional veneration of icons as described in statements from pope Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and condemned iconoclasts: Mansi XII 1098. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 141. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 385.

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