Anonymus 297 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M IX |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | Thessalonike (officeplace); Thessalonike |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Thessalonike (office) |
Textual Sources | Vita Iosephi Hymnographi, by John The Deacon (BHG 946), PG 105. 940-76 (hagiography) |
Anonymus 297 was the bishop of Thessalonike who persuaded Ioseph 12 (Joseph the Hymnographer), then a monk, to accept the priesthood: Ioannes, Vita Ioseph. Hymnog. 952A (ὁ τῆς πόλεως ... ἐπίσκοπος).
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