Theosteriktos 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| Dates | 764 (taq) / 764 (tpq) |
| Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
| Locations | Praitorion (Prison of, Constantinople); Pelekete (Monastery of, Bithynia) (residence); Pelekete (Monastery of, Bithynia) |
| Occupation | Monk; Priest |
| Textual Sources | Vita Stephani Iunioris, by Stephanus Diaconus (BHG 1666), ed. M.-F. Auzépy, La Vie d'Etienne le Jeune par Étienne le diacre. Introduction, édition et traduction (Aldershot, 1997); PG 100. 1069-1186 (hagiography) |
Theosteriktos 2 was a priest and monk of the monastery of Pelekete; he suffered from the persecution of Lachanodrakon (Michael 5) in Asia, when he was tortured, had his nose slit and his beard smeared with pitch and set alight; an old man, he survived and was in the praitorion in Constantinople with Stephen the Younger (Stephanos 2) and many other monks, when, probably in 764, he told the others of the persecution of iconophiles in Asia by Lachanodrakon: Vita Steph. Iun. 161, 2-27 (1164D-1165B) (Θεοστήρικτος πρεσβύτερος καὶ γηραλέος τοῦ εὐαγοῦς φροντιστηρίου τῆς Πελεκητῆς).
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