Bonitos 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM VII
Dates649 (taq) / 649 (tpq)
PmbZ No.1028
Variant NamesBonitus
ReligionAnti-monothelete
LocationsFormiae (Campania);
Rome;
Formiae (Campania) (officeplace);
Formiae (Campania) (residence)
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Formiae (Campania) (office)
Textual SourcesLateran Council = Concilium Lateranense anno 649 celebratum, ed. R. Riedinger, ACO II 1 (Berlin, 1984) (conciliar)

Bonitos 1 was bishop of Formiae (in Campania); he attended all five sessions of the Lateran Council, from 5 October to 31 October 649, and in the list of bishops present is named in fourteenth place: Conc. Lat., p. 2, line 22 (Βωνίτου ἐπισκόπου Φούρμης), p. 3, line 22 ("Bonito Formiano episcopo") (the first session), cf. pp. 31, 111, 177 and 247 (the Latin version only is repeated for the other sessions). He subscribed the definition of the faith agreed by the Council at its fifth session: Conc. Lat., p. 392, line 15 (Βώνητος ἐπίσκοπος Φούρμης), p. 393, line 15 ("Bonitus episcopus sanctae Formiane ecclesiae").

(Publishable link for this person: http://www.pbe.kcl.ac.uk/person/p1947)