Eirene 5 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | F |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 785 (taq) / 800 (c.) |
PmbZ No. | 1441 |
Locations | Phossaton (Palaestina) (residence); Phossaton (Palaestina) |
Textual Sources | Vita Antonii Iunioris (BHG 142), ed. A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, Sylloge Palaistinês kai Syriakês Hagiologias I (St Petersburg, 1907), pp. 186-216 (hagiography) |
Eirene 5 was the wife of Photeinos 5 and mother of Antonios 12 (Antonios the younger); the family lived at Phossaton in Palaestina (near Jerusalem); she died when Antonios 12 was in his teens (c. 800): Vita Anton. Iun. (BHG 142) 2, 9-10. Antonios 12 was born in 785. She had a daughter, Theodoule 1, and another son (name unknown): Vita Anton. Iun. (BHG 142) 10.
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