Christophoros 47

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitE/M IX
PmbZ No.1127
LocationsMerillou kome (Bithynia) (workplace);
Merillou kome (Bithynia);
Trapeza;
Bithynia
OccupationShepherd
Textual SourcesVita Ioannicii, by Petrus the monk (BHG 936), AASS November II 1, pp. 384-435 (hagiography);
Vita Ioannicii, by Sabas the monk (BHG 935), AASSNovember II 1, pp. 332-383 (hagiography)

Christophoros 47 and Theophylaktos 106 were shepherds near the village of Merillou Kome, in Bithynia; they were helped by Ioannikios 2 to find their flocks which had been scattered by a pack of wild dogs; in return they guided him on his way to a place called Trapeza: Sabas, Vita Ioannicii 34, Petrus, Vita Ioannicii 60. At the time Ioannikios 2 was en route from Mt Trichalix near Prousa to Korakos Kephale, probably late in the reign of Michael II (Michael 10); see Ioannikios 2.

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