Theophylaktos 26 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 787 (taq) / 787 (tpq) |
Variant Names | Theophylactus |
Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
Locations | Mossyna (Phrygia Pacatiana) (officeplace); Mossyna (Phrygia Pacatiana); Nikaia |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Mossyna (Phrygia Pacatiana) (office) |
Textual Sources | Nikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar) |
Theophylaktos 26 was bishop of Mossyna in Phrygia Pacatiana; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and is attested at the fourth and seventh sessions, on 1 October and 13 October 787; he was perhaps present at the last five sessions, from 1 October to 23 November 787: Mansi XIII 149-486. In the list of those present at the seventh session he is styled Θεοφυλάκτου ἐπισκόπου Μοσήνων: Mansi XIII 373. Elsewhere he is styled Θεοφύλακτος ἐπίσκοπος Μωσήνων or similar: Mansi XIII 149, XIII 397 (Μοσήνων). At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 149. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 397.
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