Basilios 13 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII/E IX |
| Dates | 794 (tpq) / 805 (taq) |
| PmbZ No. | 886 |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Zygos (Asia) (officeplace); Zygos (Asia) |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Titles | Bishop, Zygos (Asia) (office) |
| Textual Sources | Vita Petri Atroensis, by Sabas the monk (BHG 2364), ed. V. Laurent, La Vie merveilleuse de Saint Pierre d'Atroa, Subsidia Hagiographica 29 (Brussels, 1956) (hagiography); Vita Retractata Petri Atroensis, by Sabas the monk (BHG 2365), ed. V. Laurent, La Vita retractata et les miracles posthumes de Saint Pierre d'Atroa, Subsidia Hagiographica 31 (Brussels, 1958) (hagiography) |
Basilios 13 was known as "Pezos" from his custom of walking rather than riding and because he had supposedly never trodden on any living creature; he was the bishop of Zygos (probably in Bithynia, Asia or Phrygia; see Laurent, La Vie merveilleuse, p. 81, n. 5) who ordained Peter of Atroa (Petros 34) as a priest, on instructions from the patriarch of Constantinople, Tarasios 1: Vita Petr. Atr. 6, pp. 81-85, Vita Petr. Atr. Retractata 11-12 (pp. 87-8, 90-1). The date was between 794 (when Petros 34 became a monk) and 805 (when Paulos 25 died).
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