Epiphanios 7 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | L VIII |
Dates | 787 (taq) / 787 (tpq) |
PmbZ No. | 1567 |
Variant Names | Epiphanius |
Religion | Christian; Iconophile |
Locations | Eleutherna (Crete) (officeplace); Eleutherna (Crete); Nikaia |
Occupation | Bishop |
Titles | Bishop, Eleutherna (Crete) (office) |
Textual Sources | Nikaia, Second Council of (Seventh Ecumenical Council, a. 787) (Mansi XII-XIII) (conciliar) |
Epiphanios 7 was bishop of Eleutherna in Crete; in 787 he attended the Second Council of Nikaia (the Seventh Ecumenical Council) and is attested at the fourth and seventh sessions, on 1 October and 13 October 787; he probably attended the last five sessions, from 1 October to 23 November 787: Mansi XIII 145-486. In the list of those present at the seventh session he is styled Ἐπιφανίου ἐπισκόπου Ἐλευθέρνης: Mansi XIII 369. Elsewhere he is styled Ἐπιφάνιος ἐπίσκοπος Ἐλευθέρνης or similar: Mansi XIII 145, 392. At the fourth session he subscribed the statements read out from the Fathers in support of the veneration of icons: Mansi XIII 145. At the seventh session he subscribed the statement of the faith adopted by the Council: Mansi XIII 392.
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