Tzanion 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | E/M IX |
| Locations | Argaoun (Melitene); Kastellon (Armenia); Kastellon (Armenia) (birthplace); Kastellon (Armenia) (residence); Nikopolis (Armenia) |
| Textual Sources | Peter of Sicily, Historia chreiodes, ed. D. Papachryssanthou, in C. Astruc et al., "Les sources grecques pour l'histoire des Pauliciens d'Asie Mineure", TM 4 (1970), pp. 3-67 (history) |
Tzanion 1 was a native of Kastellon near Nikopolis (in Armenia); when he chanced upon Sergios 1 (the Paulician leader) splitting planks with an axe near Argaoun; he seized the axe and killed him; the date was 834/835, in AM 6343: Peter of Sicily, 180, 181.
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