Eirene 16 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | F |
Floruit | E IX |
Dates | 821 (tpq) / 826 (taq) |
PmbZ No. | 1445 |
Textual Sources | Theodorus Studita, Epistulae, ed. G. Fatouros, CFHB 31.1-2 (Berlin/New York, 1992) (letters) |
Eirene 16 was hegoumene of an unknown monastery; she was the addressee of a letter from Theodoros 15 (Theodore the Stoudite), written between 821 and 826; she had intervened with Theodoros 15 on behalf of a priest who had entered into communion with the iconoclasts; she is styled σου τὴν τιμιότητα and addressed as τιμιωτάτη γυναικῶν, ἀδελφὴ ἐν κυρίῳ and ὦ ἀμμάς: Theod. Stud., Ep. 536 (addressed Εἰρήνῃ ἡγουμέμῃ).
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