Theophylaktos 5 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| Dates | 744 (taq) / 751 (ob.) |
| Locations | Antioch (Syria) (officeplace); Edessa (Syria) (officeplace); Antioch (Syria); Edessa (Syria) |
| Occupation | Bishop; Priest |
| Titles | Archbishop, Antioch (office); Bishop, Antioch (office); Patriarch, Antioch (office) |
| Textual Sources | Theophanes Confessor, Chronographia, ed. C. de Boor, 2 vols. (Leipzig, 1883-85, repr. Hildesheim/NewYork, 1980); tr. and comm. C. Mango and R. Scott, The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor, Oxford 1997 (chronicle) |
A priest at Edessa, Theophylaktos 5 was elected patriarch of Antioch in 744 after the death of Stephanos 9; the caliph Marwan II (Marwan 2) not only gave permission but insisted that the Arabs treat him with proper respect: Theoph. AM 6236 (χειροτονηθῆναι Θεοφύλακτον, πρεσβύτερον Ἐδεσηνόν, πατριάρχην Ἀντιοχείας). He died on June 29 (Daisios 29), 751: Theoph. AM 6242 (καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ ἔτει ἐκοιμήθη ὁ ἁγιώτατος πατριάρχης Ἀντιοχείας Θεοφύλακτος μηνὶ Δαισίῳ κθ'). His successor was Theodoros 10: Theoph. AM 6243.
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