Anonyma 42 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | F |
Floruit | L IX/E X |
Dates | 877 (tpq) |
Textual Sources | Vita Ignatii Patriarchae, by Nicetas (BHG 817), PG 105.488-574) (hagiography) |
Anonyma 42 was a woman (γυναικὸς) whose difficulties in childbirth were eased by a relic of the late patriarch of Constantinople, Ignatios 1; in thanks for her safe deliverance of a son (βρέφος), she gave him the name Ignatios (Ignatios 11): Nicetas, Vita Ignatii 564A-C.
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