Theophilos 35 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | VIII |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | Myra (Lycia) (officeplace); Myra (Lycia) |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Metropolitan, Myra (Lycia) (office) |
Seal Sources | Dumbarton Oaks, A Catalogue of the Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, eds., J. Nesbitt and N. Oikonomides (Washington, DC, 1991-); Laurent, V., Le corpus des sceaux de l'empire byzatin, V, 1-3, L'église (Paris, 1963-72); II, L'administration centrale (Paris, 1981); Zacos, G. and Veglery, A., Byzantine Lead Seals, vol. I (in 3 parts) (Basel, 1972). |
Theophilos 35 was metropolitan bishop of Myra; owner of a seal dateable to the eighth century (DOSeals, Zacos and Veglery), possibly early eighth century (Laurent): DOSeals II 72.6 = Zacos and Veglery 1657 = Laurent, Corpus V 3, no. 1734. Obv.: cruciform monogram of ἅγια Τριὰς, surrounded by a circular inscription +οΘση.ωνβ.ηθητωσωδουλ'. Rev.: +Θεω - φιλω μη - τροπολι - τη Μυρ - ων+. The text reads: ἅγια Τριὰς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ Θεοφίλῳ μητροπολίτῃ Μύρων.
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