Anonyma 21 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | F |
| Floruit | M IX |
| Dates | 843 (tpq) / 847 (taq) |
| PmbZ No. | 4986A |
| Locations | Constantinople |
| Textual Sources | Theophanes Continuatus, ed. I. Bekker (Bonn, 1838) (history); Zonaras = Ioannis Zonarae Epitome Historiarum, libri XIII-XVIII, ed. Th. Büttner-Wobst, (Bonn, 1897) (history) |
Anonyma 21 was the mother of Metrophanes 1, her only child; she accused the patriarch Methodios 1 of having raped her and fathered her son; the charge was proved unfounded and she admitted, under questioning by Manuel 6, that her allegations were all false and had been made in return for money and gifts: Theoph. Cont. IV 10 (pp. 158-160), Zon. XVI 1. 21-35, Genesius IV 5, Ps.-Symeon 652. The date was between 843 and 847.
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